Floria Sigismondi’s The Turning is a ghost story that is strangely unoccupied with its own ghosts, leaving behind a fragmented, meandering…
Film Review — Wrath of Silence – In association with the Chinese Visual Festival
It is extremely rare to find a title that captures the overall atmosphere and recurring themes of a film as accurately…
Pregnancy and Mental Health: My Experience with Hyperemesis Gravidarum
[CW: mention of vomiting/hospitals/miscarriage/abortion/mental health/weight loss] I got pregnant the first month my partner and I started trying for a…
Why it’s Hard to See Over the Fence: how Confirmation Bias Leads to Increased Polarization
In the age of fast media and technology, we are constantly bombarded with news stories, memes, and people sharing their…
Why you should revolt if you don’t like what you see (and how the right will try and stop you)
[trigger warning: death, violence, police brutality, genocide] Democracy was first established to ensure no man is subjected to a monarch’s…
Social Media and Mental Health – Who’s Responsible?
[trigger warning: mentions of self-harm] The advent of social media has been all-consuming throughout the world. What started off as…
A Lesson in Heroes and Villains: Metal Gear Solid 3: SNAKE EATER
Growing up as a kid, I always had a fascination with James Bond and the era of spies. So, in…
Live Review – Stranger Things by Secret Cinema
Secret Cinema is an organisation based around the concept of live, immersive theatre. They’ve previously tackled worlds such as Back…
Film Review: Resin – as part of the Glasgow Film Festival 2020
Daniel Borgman’s Resin (2019) explores the relationship between nature and society, as it centres around a family living in isolation…
ASMR: Weird Fetish or Legitimate Sleeping Aid?
Pictured: ASRM Youtuber AngelicasLabyrinth. As I sit down to write this article, I’m listening to ASMR Zeitgeist’s 3-hour “Turquoise Triggers…
