Creation, Not Art: At the Table with Ethaney Lee of @tenderherbs
CW : mention of disordered eating, body dysmorphia
Ethaney Lee welcomes you to @tenderherbs. From her inventive take on the Instagram business byline with “ethnic grocery...
Conundrums of an ungenerous oversharer
"It’s telling that we call them ‘stories’. The word ‘story’ says it all. Because it’s true, it is a story. No one really knows why you’re telling it, and neither do you, but you tell it anyway."
Objectify me: Social media and the perils of the aesthetic
Instagram necessitates such a reduction of character, and this forces us all to ask, when my life is reduced to just a few images, what do I want them to say?
Everything wrong with social media infographics: an informative thread
"Infographics also generate slacktivism, which gives you the warm fuzzy feeling of doing something and creating change, whilst in reality not much is being done."
Anvee Bhutani investigates the problems inherent in social media infographics.
Shadow banning and its role in modern day censorship
"Shadowbanning is a threat to us because it maintains for us the illusion of control."
Instagram and BLM: Is it better to say the wrong thing or nothing at all?
The oppression of human lives is not a trend, and should not be treated as such
Freshers, Friends, and Feuds: The Instagram world of Oxford offer holders
There's a new Instagram account making waves: @OxfordUniFreshers2020. The account posts submissions from Oxford offer holders, so incoming freshers can introduce themselves and get...
The fractured mind, literature, and society.
“I felt the narrowing of my life to a very fine point. A hard triangle of a life over and me sprawled at its peak, hopeless and lost.” - Russell Brand, describing a mental breakdown.
Word on the Street
Student style in its laidback, everyday glory
How Instagram ruined your summer
Can no one's summer be unproductive?
One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Whether Brandy Melville is selling clothes or unobtainable ideas doesn't matter, because they only come in one size
How to: ace the vac
It's less about revision and more about cultivating a refined online presence
Instagram’s self-sabotage
Daisy Chandley asks why Instagram keeps trying to fix what isn't broken
Summer VIIIs stories you may have missed
Matt Roller reports on ejector crabs, fines, beer boats and Instagram rivalries