Eminem, arguably the noughties’s most iconic rapper, has been known to dabble in political music. In 2004, he released Mosh, a protest song from his Encore album which derided George W. Bush regime. Twelve years later, he has repeated the feat with his anti-Trump anthem Campaign Speech. But whereas Mosh...
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Recently, the University of York introduced consent classes. However, one third year student took issue with this scheme and criticised the classes as patronising and unnecessary. He is not alone in this; many have expressed similar views, with some students choosing to walk out. At Warwick, consent workshops met with...
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Representation matters. Fact. GLAAD, an organisation dedicated to improving equality and diversity within popular media, recently produced their annual research publication into the statistical presence of LGBTQ and non-white characters on American television in 2016-2017. On the surface, the findings appear to yield encouraging results. According to the report, out...
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Charlie Brooker’s critically acclaimed Black Mirror is back for its third series and this time we have six episodes to whet our satirical appetites. Following the same format of the previous two series, each episode of Black Mirror is a stand-alone narrative with a new cast, a new director and...
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Keren Brody imagines a blog post if Bridget Jones were a student at Warwick… New Year’s Resolutions: Must not: do all-nighters drink more than 5 pints of purple at circle fantasise about Medieval Literature lecturer Must: make lunches in advance (no more Bread Oven) do ALL recommended reading write blog posts...
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Warwick UNICEF on Campus will be hosting its annual Fast24 between 18-19 November this year. Fast24 is an annual sponsored fast in which students can raise money for a designated cause by giving up eating for a whole 24 hours. This year, all money raised will go towards helping the...
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We asked cultural societies around campus to share their musical heritage with us. Warwick KoreanSoc writer Sohee Kim’s explores the perhaps suprising popularity of Hip Hop in her country. “The principal factor behind hip-hop’s popularity is its use of rap and spoken word which perfectly complement the heavily oral-based nature...
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Our writers give their thoughts as the news about the US elections and President-elect. What does this mean for international relations and minority voters?
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8am Saturday morning, I was up braving the cold weather to send off this years intrepid ‘Jail breakers’. Enthusiasm and spirits were high, costumes were on point and teams were optimist about where they might end up. Hawaii, Barbados and Australia were all popular choices. Despite no team managing to...
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Far from creating dynamic and multi-layered characters, many games often resort to stereotypes in their depictions of black characters. But why is this?
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A campaign has been launched to raise the £25,000 required to restore Leamington Spa’s fountain which commemorates the Czech and Slovak soldiers killed during Operation Anthropoid in 1942, responsible for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. The soldiers were part of the Free Czechoslovak Army during the Second World War. They...
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So goes Tinder Social’s slogan. Your News Editor and Deputy Editor-in-Chief embarked on an epic quest to find out if this was truly the case. Admittedly, this wasn’t our initial plan. We had planned a BIG night out with our fellow raver and Lifestyle Editor, Gerard. Alas, it became a...
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What to do now? Tristan Byrne offers some advice on dealing with last week’s shocking result. After staying up until the early hours of November the 9th, I was surprised at how upset I felt after realising that Trump was going to win the election. The day before the election...
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