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Growing up Desi in the UK

In the 60s, a surge of South-Asians migrated to the UK for a better life. This included people from Desi countries such as Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. According to Gov.uk, approximately 6.9% of the population of England and Wales belong to South-Asian ethnicities. Although many families migrate to the UK for a better life, there […]

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Why one size Brandy?

The fashion industry has always been one of the fastest-growing industries in the world. The only thing constant about it is change. Fashion holds the power to control other industries as well. Changes in fashion are often like unnoticeable ripples; one small change by fashion companies ends up making enormous differences for other industries depending […]

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Not another 18-year-old

The culture of keeping servants and house help differs a lot from country to country. In the western side of the world, it is considered uncommon. Whereas on the South Asian side, it is completely the opposite. In every second house, one can find a house-help or a servant working, and many find it as […]

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7 TikTok life lessons 

TikTok is arguably the most popular platform for Gen Z. Young people are spending hours a day mindlessly scrolling, but what can be taught on this light-hearted video creation app?  Your first time moving out can be difficult in so many aspects, but what’s the most important? Feeding yourself! Recipe books are alien to a […]

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Social media: is labelling culture making or breaking us? 

Before social media seeped into every aspect of modern life, people were only educated the basics of sexuality. You were straight, gay, or bisexual. The newly circulating term ‘LGBTQIAA+’, has attracted mass attention, predominantly on TikTok. I say ‘newly’ lightly, as this term has existed for over five years, but is flourishing now within a […]

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UziLina, is social media killing creativity? 

Lina Guemar, publicly known as UziLina, is a 19-year-old musician living in London. She has released a handful of songs but is currently focusing on studying Music Production at BIMM university, as well as cultivating a social media portfolio for her work. As a social media persona who creates content for self-promotion alongside personal use, […]

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Female villainy in film and why it’s important now more than ever

“It’s a version of being a woman that isn’t contained in any way.” This comes from Rosamund Pike in an interview with Collider on her performance in Gone Girl, and there is no better way to describe the phenomena that is female rage in film. Audiences consistently appear to find endearing and even sympathetic features […]

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The Impact Filters used on Social Media have in Plastic Surgery

In a few seconds, she aged thirty years. On YouTube, Qiao Biluo was caught in her own trap. For weeks, the well known Chinese vlogger had been posing to her fans as a young video game enthusiast with smooth skin and fine features. But, in the middle of a live webcast, the mask fell off. […]

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Top five Nigerian artists you should be listening to in 2023

Over the years, Afrobeats, Nigeria’s beloved genre has conquered the world. A music genre that is now an integral part of the contemporary rap landscape. We are talking about pop melodies on instrumentals inspired by traditional African music with lyrics often combining both English and Yoruba, a language spoken in Nigeria. It encompasses notes of […]

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Global nomad: Bethany Isenberg explains what it’s like to see the world

Bethany Isenberg, 50, began travelling as soon as she got a passport at the age of 15. She and her family originally came from Ukraine, but her parents immigrated when she was young to New Hampshire, where she grew up. Since little, Isenberg always dreamed of moving away and discovering new countries. She used books […]