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Author: Shannon Cook

Love Island: Why increasing racial diversity does not provide the ultimate answer to ending racial prejudices in the show.

Posted on 5th February 20205th February 2020 by Shannon Cook

The latest Winter edition of ‘Love Island’ had come under fire for its lack of racial diversity before the new line-up was even announced. After the rapid removal of Caroline Flack from her presenting role, […]

Jamaica Kincaid: An Insight Into the Captivating Works of a Caribbean Writer

Posted on 18th October 201918th October 2019 by Shannon Cook

Shannon Cook discusses the life and work of writer Jamaica Kincaid

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Instagram post 2248957231550491279_1499062485 Our eight issue of the year is out across campus with a big story on the front page! We’ve heard it goes down well with a coffee in @leedsuniunion ☕️ (apparently now the cheapest place for coffee on campus). Check out the wrap-around which features all the candidates running in this year’s #leadluu too! #newspaper #news #leeds #leedsuni #universityofleeds #studentnewspaper
Instagram post 2247941826614851997_1499062485 Giovana Chiconelli visited OUTing the Past’s festival of LGBT+ History at @leedscitymuseum in partnership with @wy.queerstories , asking LGBT+ people their thoughts on the past and the present. 🌈📚 @LGBTHM @leedspride @leedspridepics @luulgbtsoc @luu.lgbt.soc @owainwynevans #LGBTQHistoryMonth
Instagram post 2247342412733069785_1499062485 Fellow publication Between Borders Magazine are hosting a launch party for their first issue: Transit. The magazine celebrates the diversity of British identities today 👊🏼👊🏽👊🏾👊🏿 - Click the link in our bio for a free ticket! 🎟 #indiemag #indiemagazine #independentmagazine
Instagram post 2245752594794264124_1499062485 Climate strikers collected in Leeds City Centre on Saturday, including one of our very own music print editors 🌎🔥♻️🐨👊🏽 📸: @melinda_jakob #youthstrike4climate #youthstrike #climatecrisis #climateemergency #climatechange #leeds #yorkshire #xr #extinctionrebellion #climatejustice #climatejusticenow #teachthefuture
Instagram post 2244431679103748892_1499062485 This time 50 years ago, on the 14th February 1970, The Who gave a concert in the Leeds University Union Refectory 🎸 The band recorded their landmark Live At Leeds album in the hallowed 2000 capacity Refectory 💽 #thewho #leedsmusic #leedsuniversity #universityofleeds #leedsuniunion #50yearsold #50yearanniversary #petetownshend #throwback
Instagram post 2243019742528798699_1499062485 Spot the bunnies! 🐰 New issue out tomorrow 📰 #leedsuniversity #leedslife #igersleeds #bunnyrabbit #wildrabbit
Instagram post 2241675851909128599_1499062485 Last week we had loads of stories about Leeds University, including... - • An estimated £20 million in salaries for just 163 staff 💸 • Is the University doing enough to tackle student mental health? 👨🏾‍⚕️ • The clouds part for climate change modelling ☁️ • University of Leeds becomes the first Russell group university to install @ecosia search engine ♻️ - You can still pick up a copy from around @universityofleeds campus and @leedsuniunion 📰 Link in bio to read all about it! #ecosia #leedsuniversity #salary
Instagram post 2240323467924656422_1499062485 Leeds Gymnastics Club showed off their flippin’ fantastic skills at a very exciting event the other weekend, #GymFest 2020 🤸🏽‍♀️🏆 - #gymnasticslife #leedsgymnastics #ukgymnastics #uksport #gymnasticstrength
Instagram post 2238722111866603786_1499062485 Last week our editor-in-chief Ed Barnes spoke to Keir Starmer, the current front runner in the Labour leader candidate race with @leedsstudenttelevision 🌹🗣🎤 - They talked Keir’s time as a student in Leeds, favourite nights out, abolishing student debts and mental health services. - Link in bio for the full interview. - #leedsuniversity #labour #labourparty #politican #studentjournalism
Instagram post 2233596955393368438_1499062485 First issue of semester 2 is here! 🎉 This time we’re interviewing Keir Starmer, as well as talking staff salaries, university mental health services, knife crime and Coronavirus 💸🧑🏾‍⚕️🔪🦠 Make sure to pick up your copy from @universityofleeds campus and @leedsuniunion 🗞 Check out the new redesign of @itm_thegryphon too 🎨 #coronavirus #universityofleeds #leedsunion #hydeparkpicturehouse
Instagram post 2230709871221454818_1499062485 We are over the moon with our new computers 🖥🌛 Big thank you for the grant given by the Activities Exec at @leedsuniunion and Activities Officer @_evanslydia for all her help! Having almost not gone to print because of slow computers in the past, these will make a huge difference to the running of the newspaper 📰 Get ready for Issue 6, out this Friday 😎 #studentjournalism #applemac #newspapers
Instagram post 2227853848764965243_1499062485 Tens of thousands of French workers took to the streets throughout December to protest pension reforms. - It is France’s longest strike in decades. Workers are striking over President Macron's plans to replace France's 42 separate pension regimes with a universal points-based system. - Full article coming soon. 📸 @franksfeng #gct #macron #emmanuelmacron #strikes 🇫🇷
Instagram post 2220580746850876809_1499062485 Good luck to everyone with exams! You’ll smash it 👊🏽🧑🏻‍🎓🍀 - Today is the first day of the exam period. Only 11 more to go... You can celebrate with our first issue of Semester 2, out on the 31st Jan 📰🤓
Instagram post 2211138499789045875_1499062485 Thank you for a great #2019 and onto #2020 with new issues for @thegryphon in the new year! 1st issue after the break will be 31st December. - If you want to join us, please email editor@thegryphon.co.uk or go and check out the “Write for Us” page on the website! #newyearseve #leeds #leedsuniversity #magazine #studentmedia #studentnewspaper #thegryphon
Instagram post 2203040377733067752_1499062485 Salad Box at @leedsuniunion closed its doors last week. It will be replaced with a dessert bar with ice cream from @yorvaleicecream in the new year. - Click the link in our bio to read what students think of the move as well as more info! Former Editor-In-Chief at @thegryphon @robbie_cairns described the move as a “travesty” though did acknowledge it was a matter of time.... #saladlife #icecreamrulesmyworld #students #leeds #yorkshire
Instagram post 2198097785404580562_1499062485 In case you missed it, there was a general election last night. 4 alumni from @universityofleeds retained their seats and 1 alumnus who had switched from the Labour Party to the Independent Group lost. Multiple other candidates who were previously students also ran for seats in Leeds Central, Leeds North West, and Leeds North East. #leeds #leedsuni #jessphillips #labour #generalelection #labourparty #alexsobel #politics #brexit
Instagram post 2196726125950776334_1499062485 Last week we had our Christmas editorial team dinner! 🎅🏼🎄🎊 - Thanks to all of our editorial team and writers for all of their hard work this semester, we’ve created some great content. - Get excited for semester 2! 😎
Instagram post 2194387409445945751_1499062485 Thank you to all our amazing panelists and hosts at our Media On Your Terms event last Wednesday 🗣 - We sold over 200 tickets in the end! 🙌 - We were honoured to facilitate some important conversations about diversity in the media alongside @thisislsr and @leedsstudenttelevision 📺🎙📰 - Thank you to everyone who came, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! 💚💙💜
Instagram post 2192923530392006586_1499062485 “The people we are commemorating today saw beyond the aggression, beyond the violence. They saw beyond the brokenness to the human being. They did not want people to put away, dehumanised” - Robin Fishwick, a Chaplain at the @universityofleeds - A vigil was held at 12 outside @leedsuniunion today to remember Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones at the London Bridge attack last week. Lydia Evans, Activities Officer at the Union said “we will never give up your fight”. #londonbridge
Instagram post 2187864125623570476_1499062485 Our last issue of 2019 is out now! 📰🎅🏼 - Talking sexual offence crimes in Hyde Park and Headingley, @luubeatsociety , disability and sex, Australian bushfires and much more. Get your final copy of the year from @leedsuniunion and @universityofleeds campus!
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