Maternal Mortality in Anime
Anime characters almost always have at least one missing parent. If the tragic murder, untimely sickness or completely unexplained...
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Karen Chalamilla
- Jan 7, 2020
- 2 min
Not All Heroes Wear Capes
“I’m no hero, I put my bra on one boob at a time like everyone else”. Bob's Burgers is animated sitcom featuring a monotone, spiritless...
Ope Oduwole
- Jan 6, 2020
- 4 min
Cartoons Aren't For Kids
Parental advisory is always strongly encouraged with shows like The Simpsons, and growing up, I could never work out why. It wasn't until...
Paula Abu
- Nov 29, 2019
- 5 min
Euphoria: Sex, Drugs & Gen Z
As someone born in 1998, I just about made it out of the group of generation Z kids that completely grew up with social media. I didn’t...
Ope Oduwole
- Sep 30, 2019
- 3 min
Coded Language: How Dialect Intersects Music
It’s easy to forget London is a multicultural bubble. Big cities across the UK can be described as melting pots of all ethnicities and...
Habiba Katsha
- Sep 15, 2019
- 4 min
Malorie Blackman In Conversation
If you’re a Black Brit and haven’t read Noughts and Crosses you most definitely have heard of the book. The infamous trilogy falls under...
Ope Oduwole
- Sep 6, 2019
- 3 min
Travis Scott: Look Mom I'm A Legend
Jacques Webster, also known as Travis Scott, dropped a documentary at the end of August, giving us insight into Travis the artist, son...
Ray Sang
- Aug 14, 2019
- 3 min
Director Roxy Rezvany talks all things ‘Faded’
‘Faded’ represents a meeting point of two worlds both artistically and socially as the creative brain child of singer-songwriter Lyves...
Nura Abdi
- Jul 26, 2019
- 3 min
Killing Eve Sans The Male Gaze
Killing Eve, a 7-episode drama series released in 2018, is one of the best shows I have seen in a long time. The show follows Villanelle,...
Karen Chalamilla
- Jul 18, 2019
- 5 min
Booksmart: High-School Movie Meets Friendship Rom-Com
Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut has a fresh take on the high-school coming of age film without losing the core elements we love about...
Nura Abdi
- May 5, 2019
- 4 min
Someone Great: Truth in Love & Loss
Someone Great, Netflix’s latest original rom-com boasts of a stellar cast with the likes of Jane the Virgin’s Gina Rodrigez, Atlanta’s...
Paula Abu
- Apr 7, 2019
- 9 min
When They See Us: For Black People Who Couldn’t Watch It
Being black, an identity I wouldn’t trade for the world itself, means many things. But one thing every black person who is aware that...
Karen Chalamilla
- Apr 1, 2019
- 3 min
Broad City: An Ode to Fuck-ups, Friendships and Femininity
On March 28th Broad City aired their final episode, tying a bow around the 5-season Comedy Central hit show. The show invited us into the...
Ope Oduwole
- Feb 23, 2019
- 2 min
Spike Lee, The Klan & The Oscars
Amidst Spike Lee's Oscars nominations, it's time to discuss the cinematic elephant in the room. The Atlanta native is up for three...
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