Drinks, Dancing or Darts: The Best Student Date Spots in Leeds
Dating as a student marks a significant leap into adulthood. Sure, there’s the atrocity that is Hinge, and the awkwardness...
Lifestyle
Doing Good While Having Fun: How Leeds Students are Changing the Culture Around Sex and Consent
Freshers’ Week is sold as freedom on tap. You get a chance to reinvent yourself, meet hundreds of people in...
The Online Glorification of OnlyFans and Sex Work: How it Perpetuates Sexual Objectification and Harms Disadvantaged Sex Workers
How dangerous is it to ignore the implications of glorifying online sex work? OnlyFans, an online platform where creators produce...
Smoothies, Stories, and the Search for Belonging
“You could be a smoothie of blueberry and mango, or kiwi and apple. But at the end of the day,...
The Gluten-Free “Tax”: A Student’s Guide to Navigating Gluten-Free Living and Whether It’s Really More Expensive
As we know, food is essential to a healthy lifestyle, so at fifteen, when I was told I could no...
Friendship Hoarding: Why We Hold on to the Wrong People
They say you can’t have too many friends. But what if you could? The Sentimentality Trap Some friendships are timeless...
Mr Blue Sky: Please tell us, why do you have to distract us so much?
With the sun shining, birds chirping, and flowers blooming, it is easy to use your books as a sun shield...
Word on the Street: in Paris
As I observed a fountain in Paris spray water in a serene, steady pattern — comforted that it wouldn't change...
Navigating Adult Acne: The Good, The Bad, And The Oh-So Spotty
It’s day 108 on Accutane and I’m patiently waiting for this miracle medicine to cure my adult acne. Throughout my...
Love Is Blind… Or Is It Now Political? How Gender Ideological Polarisation Is Sabotaging Your Favourite Reality Show
Love Is Blind is a Netflix reality series where singles blind date, only hearing each other, with the goal of...