Opinion / Cancel Culture: Does it Truly Have an Effect?
An opinion piece asks what effect public calls to cancel celebrities and creators actually have.
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Opinion / The Feminine Urge to be Unknowable
An opinion piece reflects on girlhood, privacy and the pressure to be knowable online.
Opinion / The Rise of 'Core' Aesthetics: Why Every Sub-Culture Now Needs a Label
A commentary on social media's habit of turning subcultures into '-core' labels.
Opinion / Social Media and the Difficulty of Sharing
Two writers reflect on the pressure to share opinions online and the limits of social media debate.
Opinion / Are you TikTok pretty?
An opinion piece examines beauty standards amplified by TikTok.
Opinion / The ‘what about me' Effect
An opinion piece explores how social media encourages people to see themselves as the centre of every story.
Opinion / Oversharing on the Internet
A personal essay on emotional disclosure and the pressure to share online.
News / Madeleine McCann claimant comes forward
A woman in Poland claims she could be Madeleine McCann, prompting renewed attention online.
Opinion / Are we ‘literally’ all chronically online? The Internet and the death and evolution of language
An essay explores how internet language changes the way people speak and write.
Opinion / Armchair Detectives: Helpful or harmful to true crime cases?
An opinion weighs the help and harm of online sleuthing in true-crime cases.
Advice / If You Don’t Snooze You Will Lose
A student makes the case for sleep amid deadlines and constant scrolling.