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The Breaking Down of Gender Norms in Disney Films
Over the past ten years Disney has begun to integrate more progressive views into their films and thus are creating more forward-looking mindsets in younger generations. Disney has especially done this by breaking down outdated gender roles and storylines in a variety of different ways. This most notably started with Princess and the Frog in […]
St Andrews In The News
The summer before I came to St Andrews, our little town was in my newsfeed constantly. Not because anything exciting had actually happened, but because I was compulsively researching it. It made me feel a connection with a place I’d only been to once before, and the more I learned, the less nervous I felt […]
How Your White Tee Upholds White Supremacy
If fashion is a representative of who we are, what does wearing the product of exploitation say about us? The BlackLivesMatter movement that followed the murder of George Floyd was hailed as the biggest in history. Useful infographics and petitions, and less useful black squares, flooded social media feeds. Despite the pandemic, hundreds of thousands of people took […]
Hamilton’s True Villain Is Alexander Hamilton Himself
I want to give you a word of warning, this article contains spoilers for the musical Hamilton. Like millions of others during lockdown, I joined in the Disney+ fanfare and watched the musical Hamilton for the first time using their platform. I can’t pinpoint when I became obsessed but, long story short, my entire […]
The 93% Club – Inclusive or Divisive?
Whether you’re an incoming or current student at St Andrews, the elitist culture at the University is well-known. The stereotypical image of St Andrews students presents golf-playing, champagne-drinking Oxford rejects at their ‘royally’ expensive balls. The St Andrews experience is famous for its emphasis on tradition, but also its extremely hard-working student body; in which only 60.2% […]
We Need To Talk About Smartphones
Smartphones. They’re everywhere. As of this year, the number of smartphone users is estimated at 3.5 billion, which equals roughly half the global population. This number is set to increase to 3.8 billion by 2021, and just as the amount of smartphones continues to increase, so does our reliance on them. According to an Ofcom […]
Farm-tastic Summer
This atrociously long and depressing summer, I decided to work on a farm with my best friend from home, Elaina. From March to the end of June, my family had been spending quality Covid time together in Florida, dodging the young spring breakers and older anti-maskers. After much begging and pleading on my part, I […]
Love, Sex and Social Distancing
While many of us were separated from our loved ones during lockdown, the rise in popularity of dating apps shows that we as a people might value intimacy over public safety. During the pandemic YouGov reported that only 39% of 18 to 24 single year olds stopped dating, while a fifth of single Brits who […]
Confessions of a Former Unionist
The 2010s were a rollercoaster ride of a decade when it came to politics. It has been confusing, upsetting and, in some cases, terrifying seeing the path that countries around the world are taking. Looking back though, there’s one vote that I’ve grown to regret more and more as the years have gone by. I’m […]
The Truth About Generation Z
Okay, B**mer. I know your criticisms of Generation Z – we spend a lot of time on our phones, scrolling through TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram, taking part in a “pointless” virtual world. While older generations such as Baby Boomers, Generation X, and even older Millennials criticise Gen Z’s significant screen time, they fail to recognise […]