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An open letter to my straight white cisgender friends

Dear straight cisgender white friend, I know you’re not racist, or homophobic, or sexist, or xenophobic, or transphobic, consciously ableist, or a full-fledged bigot. I know you mean well. I…Continue Reading →

Sport

City, Liverpool and the Premier League title race: never underestimate the power of winning

In a world of spectrums, sports complies to a firm binary — the winner and the loser, the champion and…

LGBTQ+

I lied on my college applications, but not in the way you’re thinking of

I lied on my college applications. No, there were no made up anecdotes or faked photos of me on sports…

Latest Slants

An open letter to my straight white cisgender friends

City, Liverpool and the Premier League title race: never underestimate the power of winning

I lied on my college applications, but not in the way you’re thinking of

Society

An open letter to my straight white cisgender friends

I lied on my college applications, but not in the way you’re thinking of

The McCanns would have gone to trial if they weren’t rich and white

Politics

Four reasons to vote in the European Parliamentary elections

With the arrest of a prominent activist, the Chechnya leader further erodes Human Rights

Super Starmer, Brexit drama: Sir Keir at the University of Birmingham

Arts and Culture

‘There Will Be No Intermission’ is Amanda Palmer’s strongest album yet

How is R. Kelly surviving ‘Surviving R. Kelly’?

With ‘Exits’, Foals prove they’re as fresh as ever

Science and Technology

Climate change wasn't my priority. Then I met extinction rebellion.

Youth climate strikes: our future is in their hands

World of Warcraft: How the MMORPG genre killed RTS games