Fashion has always been a form of self-expression, but for women, it carries a weight that goes beyond style or personal taste. In today’s world, a woman’s clothing is still often seen as a marker of her character and intentions, with assumptions made about her morality, respectability, and consent. This troubling link between fashion and…
Opinion
Talk is currently on fire over the recent streaming of former heavyweight champion, boxing legend and senior citizen Mike Tyson, against the controversial youtuber and illegitimate Gen Z boxer, Jake Paul. Let’s go through it all – the fighters, theories and what legacy remains after the loss…
Tyson or ‘Iron Mike’ holds possibly one of…
At the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, the Great War ended. In his speech to the House of Commons that same day, David Loyd George pronounced his hope for the signing of the armistice to, in fact, be an end to all wars. We know now that this…
Have you ever felt like your focus is being hacked, invaded and stolen right in front of your eyes?
Let’s face it, I’ll be the first to admit, our attention spans are slipping through our fingers, and we’re often left wondering, “Where did all that time go?” Take a moment to consider how many times…
In the 5th century BCE, Athens experienced a radical transformation in governance. The city's elite gathered in the Athenian Assembly to discuss and, most importantly, vote on civic matters. This has come to be known as democracy and has evolved into today’s dominant political system.
Yet, inadvertently, the Greeks also discovered the concept of echo…
Are you doing enough?
Are you doing enough to build your career?
Are you investing enough time in friends and family, work and uni?
Push yourself, do more than what’s expected of you, go above and beyond everyone else. Get ahead. But don’t overdo it. Relax and take time for yourself, journal and meditate, but…
I pride myself on being a relatively informed individual. Whether my yearning for political knowledge has been instilled in me from my Politics degree or the need to keep up with my politically informed friends, I have always believed that staying updated with the global decisions that greatly impact our lives is vital.
However, while…
‘Ummm yeah, I can’t believe he posted that. He’s cancelled.’
Shaped by the rise in digital activism and online political organisation over the past decade, our present post-pandemic political sphere is characterised by the convergence of wokeism, left-wing politics, and a push for change and freedom of speech. This amalgamation has given rise to a…
Over the past decade, China has been increasing its influence and presence across the Pacific. The Pacific Islands are strategically significant in terms of their location for international trade, security bases, and resource distribution. Thus, the Pacific is naturally an area which major powers, such as the US, China and Australia, would seek closer ties…
Let me introduce you to Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences.
Published by psychologist Howard Gardner in 1983, ‘Frames of Mind’ is a detailed investigation into the concept of intelligence, in which Gardner puts forth his theory that human intelligence can be differentiated into the following modalities: logical-mathematical, linguistics, musical, spatial, bodily-kinaesthetic, interpersonal, and intrapersonal. …