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News Editor, Izzie Naish, discusses the impact of RuPaul’s Drag Race on the LGBTQ+ community and their representation in mainstream media Currently on its thirteenth season and having led to spin-off shows all around the world, you cannot argue with the fact that RuPaul’s Drag Race has changed the course of reality TV herstory. In the American show, each season 12 to 14 drag queens enter the workroom in a bid to become ‘America’s Next Drag Superstar’, competing against each other in a series of inventive challenges ranging from dancing and acting, and singing, impersonating, and lip-syncing. There is…
Label’s Entertainment Editor, Sophie Alexander, gives her five tips on how to look after your mental health during the exam period. The exam period can be a stressful time and for many us, looking after our mental health can also prove to be a challenge. Never has exam pressure been felt so harshly than with the addition of a pandemic which is also chipping away at our minds. In this article, I hope to give you a few list of things you can do to keep your mind calm during this period: 1. Balance your time Although it is important…
In this article, Entertainment editor Sophie Alexander evaluates the concerns around the Coronavirus vaccine. On the 8th December 2020 at 6:31am, Margaret Keenan was the first person in the world to receive the first Coronavirus vaccine; the first of 800,000 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines which would be given over the next few months. But what have been the effects of the vaccine and why are some people concerned about its safety? Usually before the release of a new vaccine or medicine, scientists conduct numerous safety tests and trials on cells and animals before advancing onto human trials. Once there doesn’t seem to…
Label Editor Izzie Naish details the celebrity drama in Dubai, giving us her thoughts on the rule-breaking influencers who seem to be Instagramming their way through the pandemic. With the UK in a winter lockdown, the reality of most British people’s lives right now is one that is lonely, difficult, and cold, with a daily walk providing our only sense of normality. The Internet is another of our only escapes, yet the life currently being lived by celebrities and influencers in hot, sunny, seemingly COVID-free Dubai feels worlds away from what we’re experiencing at home. With influencers posting most of their…
Volunteer writer, Leah Langley, writes a poem conveying their emotions through colour. This lockdown can be a way to learn new skills and do something creative. This is a poem that I was inspired to write through a creative prompt that I receive as part of a lockdown journaling project that I was part of. It prompted me to think about what colours make up who I am, and rather than writing a traditional entry about it, I decided to turn it into a fun poem instead. All the Colours I’m purple when I’m happy, I’m blue when…
Loughborough London students have received a letter from the Dean Tony Edwards and Operations Director Chris Euden, specifying information for the Semester 2 return. Loughborough campus students received a message from the University yesterday about Semester 2 plans, but the satellite campus in London faces slightly different measures. As no courses in London meet the threshold for in-person delivery, it is likely teaching will “remain online until Easter.” Even if teaching can return to in-person delivery, all content will be available online throughout the semester. This will be of huge benefit to those students who had doubts about studying in…
Returning Label writer Katrina Maria Sweeney analyses the differences in treatment of the domestic terrorists who stormed the Capitol on 6th January and those who (majority peacefully) protested in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. – There is a stark contrast between the Pro-Trump riots and BLM protests, regarding media representation, languages security, and police handling. Recently, domestic terrorists breached the US governmental building, the Capitol, following the confirmation of Biden’s electoral win. It has been noted by many people that there has been a stark difference between the treatment…
Volunteer writer Leah Langley reviews the good stuff of her 2020 and talks us through the creativity and community that she hopes to carry through this year and beyond. 2020 was a crazy year for us all. It was a time of inner turmoil and chaos as we rarely knew what to expect, but it also taught us a lot. I wrote a letter in my journal about the things that I hoped to carry forward with me in the new year: “I hope to carry forward the creativity that has been released within me. The creativity that niggles inside…
Label volunteer, Alec Reed, tells us about the artist he feels we should watch out for in 2021. 2020 hit the music industry hard. In doing so, it halted the progress of a lot of artists across the globe, with tours and festival appearances being cancelled left, right and centre. So rather than going to concerts and festivals, I was confined to the four walls of my bedroom, discovering new artists online as opposed to festival line-ups. Many searches on Spotify and Soundcloud later, and I found a wide range of new artists. Some who I grew to fall in…
Loughborough University has released its plans for the resumption of teaching at the start of Semester 2, which starts in just over a week’s time. Students who are on a limited number of programmes identified by the Government, or undergraduate finalists on specified programmes that require access to laboratory/specialist spaces, will be able to return (and resume in-person teaching) on the 8th of February. These will mainly be students in the Schools of Science, Design, Creative arts and various Engineering Schools, and they will be notified by their schools if they are required to return for in-person teaching. This will include…