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Cutting Ties: When are Friends Too Toxic?
Life&Style writer Deyna Grimshaw explores the features of toxic friendships and sheds light on why you should 'cut ties' with toxic friends
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Body-Shaming: The Stigma We Can’t Seem to Shake
Life&Style's Deyna Grimshaw considers the recent remarks on Tilly Ramsay's body, concluding that any comment on appearance is damaging and contributes to a destructive rhetoric on weight and looks
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Hazaar: The UK’s First Zero Waste Student Marketplace App
The app conceived by University of Birmingham Alumnus Harriet Noy launches on November 8th, writes Social Secretary Ella Kipling
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Virtual Clothing– The Late Capitalistic Future of Fashion?
Upon weighing the pros and cons of digital fashion, Life&Style Writer Zuleika H remains skeptical of its merits
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Impossible Dreams of Tinseltown: My Experience
Digital Editor Tamzin Meyer deep dives into how American dominance over media has affected her growing up
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Spotlight On: 0121 Street Huns
Life&Style's Megan Addison interviews the founders of new female safety initiative, 0121 Street Huns, who aim to make the streets a safer place for women
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Guide To My Experience: Getting Tattoos
Digital Editor Cerys Gardner discusses how attitudes towards the art form have shifted and shares their own experience with tattooing
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Casa Amor and the Toxicity of ‘Testing’
Life&Style's Jenny Magleave discusses the way cheating is normalised on the latest season of Love Island in what has been dubiously dubbed 'testing'
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Banned, Blocked and Barred: Is Blocking People on Social Media Becoming Toxic?
Life&Style's Deyna Grimshaw reflects on the culture of social media blocking, concluding that it should be down to the individual user to make their own decisions on who they follow and what is best for their mental health
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Spotlight on: The National Enquirer’s Damaging Beach Body Narrative
Editor-In-Chief Chelsie Henshaw discusses the problematic article 'This year's 50 Best and Worst Beach Bodies: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly' by the National Enquirer
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Investigating The ‘Ick’: Humour or Harsh?
Life&Style's Jenny Magleave explains that while the 'ick' is mostly harmless fun between friends it could also reflect legitimate incompatibility or our own insecurities
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A Love Letter to the MET Gala – Past, Politics and Predictions
Comment Editor Colette Fountain gives the low-down on fashion's 'big night out' and an A-list look into the history and politics of the iconic Gala, predicting what celebrities will be flaunting and inspiring us all to shine the spotlight on the MET's red carpet