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What does Pride mean to you? A reflection on identity

I was so excited to connect with the rest of the group through our shared enthusiasm and experiences. Eagerly, I contacted many other queer friends to join. Their responses would soon shock me.

I became more at home when I left home

I never felt more at home than when I was living thousands of miles away from home. It is indeed a paradox that many...

My journey with British identity

I was gently raised with the idea that Britain was fair and decent, a country that meant something good. This was likely shaped by...

How To Grieve a Stolen Diary

Elizabeth Bishop’s poem ‘One Art’ is beautiful because of its hypocrisy. The speaker exalts loss - of places, names, houses, their mother’s watch -...

Doppelgangers, thrifting, and cereal

"Somewhere along the way though, our identities got mixed in with the breakfast cereal."

Normalising transgression: A review of Joyland.

'In Joyland, queerness becomes banal, and patriarchy is revealed to be futile.'

I Am What I Eat

One aspect of Chinese culture that I will always love and be proud of is our food

Hiraeth: An ode to the unclaimed objects in my bag

Last autumn, I was forced to pick and choose pieces of my life that I wanted to bring with me to university as I...

Hair today, gone tomorrow

It surprises me that the length of a woman’s hair can affect how she is treated by others, whether she is treated as a girl or a woman.

Identity and Identicality in Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half

"Tender and thought-provoking, The Vanishing Half offers a reflection on whether a person can choose who they are. In a world where Stella and Desiree represent black and white, Bennett embraces the grey area of personal, racial, and gendered identity."

Watching, Seeing

I wonder why it matters so much to me that they’re watching. When I picture you, pulling up at the side of a cobbled...

Anxiety and Me

If I am having a bad day I am going to tell you and have no shame about it.

Endangered Languages – The Loss of Human Identity

‘Linguistic diversity is beautiful’. In the face of a globalised economy, George Newton tells us the importance of keeping endangered languages alive and what you can do to help.

The Modern Memoir

“I can’t believe that we’re on the fifth instalment of my autobiography. As usual with me, the three years since my last book, You Only...

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