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The Failure of the Netflix Romance

By annatwilcks on March 19, 2022

Teen Drama: When is it Time to Grow Up?

By annatwilcks on March 18, 2022

The Rise of Bookstagram

By annatwilcks on March 17, 2022

What to Expect When Channel-Surfing: Childbirth Tropes in Film and TV

By annatwilcks on March 17, 2022

Farewell to the Young Adult Dystopian Era… Or Not Just Yet?

By annatwilcks on March 17, 2022

‘Purist and Elementary’: Issues of Censorship and Book Banning

By ameliachambers07 on March 16, 2022

Help! I’m in The Room with a Bad Movie Cult!

By YoungPandawan on November 19, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

I thought I knew what I was getting into: bad CGI, loose plots, and shouting at the screen in cheerful enjoyment. Right? Wrong.

Tiny Texts and Scholarly Snootiness: Should Literary Summaries be Respected?

By YoungPandawan on November 19, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

by Flora Dempsey Being ‘well-read’ – whatever this means – is a quality many aspire to and few achieve. The epithet indicates that you’re intellectual, informed and, importantly, interesting. A YouGov survey reveals […]

Aesthetica Short Film Festival: Opening Night

By YoungPandawan on November 18, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

by Stephanie Dale Imagine considering the world through film. Imagine simply stopping and paying attention to what the world has to say. That’s what Cherie Federico, director of Aesthetica Short Film Festival (ASFF), […]

The Shredded Remains of the Art World

By YoungPandawan on November 16, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

by Lucy Middleton Going, going, gone! As the auctioneer dropped his gavel at the premier art destination Sotheby’s, shockwaves reverberated through the packed-out saleroom, shredding the art world as we know it. […]

“Been there, read that, got the T-shirt”

By YoungPandawan on November 15, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

by Molly Burdett As a rule within modern popular culture, if you identify as a fan of a particular music artist, that earns you the right to wear their T-shirt proudly.  Most […]

The real-life story behind ‘The Devil Wears Prada’?

By YoungPandawan on November 13, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

The devil may wear Prada, but Anna Wintour is the embodiment of a successful business woman, as shown in The September Issue.

Crazy Rich Asians Is Crazy One-Dimensional

By YoungPandawan on November 12, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Because who really is featured in the film?

Poetry by Drone: Literature and the Digital Age

By JT Welsch on November 27, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Micah MacKay Twitter: @micahmackay The digital age is upon us. Every day, our eyes flick from phone to computer to television screen. Technology is now ingrained into our society, permeating nearly every […]

Harddwch of Wenglish

By JT Welsch on November 27, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Ffion Masson ‘Wenglish’ is not an official portmanteau for speech that combines Welsh and English. However, the Urban Dictionary provides rough but useful definitions: Wenglish is a mixture of Welsh language and […]

The Small Joys of a Poetry Reading

By JT Welsch on November 27, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Reflections a poetry reading by Henri Cole,23 October 2017, University of York. Mau Baiocco Poetry readings are in the ascendancy, yet no one can quite agree on what we get out from […]

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