Have a flick through this week’s top stories, curated by Alexandra Defterios
Top stories: 2nd July
2nd July 2021
Is it true that ‘parents are like doctors, but siblings are like nurses’?
2nd July 2021
For the purpose of this essay ‘parents are like doctors, but siblings are like nurses’ will be considered in terms of the relative influence of parents and siblings on the development of a child from their early childhood through to adolescence, and how that mirrors the relative influence of doctors and nurses on patient care and recovery.
Do we really all have to be activists in every sphere?
2nd July 2021
We often see the claim that nowadays, it is as if everyone has to be an activist on everything. As for me, I’m content in being that person who pipes up in a conversation to tell people my mind and call them out. Things should change, and I don’t think an especially modern way of thinking, despite the framing of this opinion in the media as being one
Top stories: 25th June
25th June 2021
Have a flick through this week’s top stories, curated by Kinza Nithianandan
The secret language of pride
25th June 2021
Polari: a language unlike others you’ll have heard of. This language, composed of subculture dialects, was born in the 18th and 19th century, and was used by individuals across the LGBT + spectrum to communicate while avoiding persecution and mainstream understanding. In this way, it became a crucial element of queer subculture between the 1930s and 70s, when it was most widely used.