Boys, bad moods and birth control
Alex Bach examines whether the side effects of birth control outweigh the benefits, and describes her own experience of being on the pill.
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Student Council motions: A critique
Following the University of Warwick’s long standing tradition of never making national news without it being something that makes us look ridiculous, you may have heard that our Student Council has submitted a motion to the NUS conference to ‘abolish the monarchy’. Headlines from the Metro and Huffington Post are calling...
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Ten Years On: What Skins means to me
It’s been ten years since Skins first came to our screens, demonstrating what was supposed to be typical British teenager life – drinking, drugs, and relationships. Although I don’t recall many similarities between my teenage years and that portrayed on Skins – I’ve never stolen a boat or confessed my love...
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Pro Life Society: Why Liverpool Guild of Students was wrong
Liverpool University Guild of Students has recently approved a ‘Pro Life Society’, who recently posted on their Facebook page “Join us to defend every innocent life from conception until natural death”. I’d like to make it clear that I’m not against the idea of a Pro- Life society, simply because...
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“Thank you for your application, but unfortunately…”
Alex Bach emphasises the importance of not giving up in the face of internship rejection
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Should Warwick have a lecture-free Freshers Week?
It was recently reported that Warwick SU would again petition for a lecture-free Freshers' Week. However what do current students think about the proposal?
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#Goals: a trend too far?
Alex Bach discusses the millennial generation’s fascination with social media trends and unrealistic expectations...
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Skins and the glamourising of mental illnesses
Skins followed the lives of various groups of British teenagers as they grew up – it’s natural then, of course, that the show depicted various characters with mental illnesses. But the representation of mental health problems in Skins largely enforces representations of mental health problems as something that only effects...
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Stressed, depressed and unimpressed
Alex Bach shares her experiences of struggling at private school...
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Slut shaming on the syllabus
Ultimately what this school has done by telling teenage girls to lengthen their skirt is emphasise victim blaming to impressionable teenagers of all genders, and that it is a female’s responsibility not to distract men: rather than a man’s responsibility not to get distracted.
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My school taught me that I’m just as valid as a man
I felt this view that going to a single-sex school means girls will be disadvantaged and unable to communicate with male colleagues was simply untrue.
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Holiday Review: All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Alex Bach reviews her Christmas holiday read
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