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The annual commemoration which focuses on the liberation and equality of women is on the 8th of March. The International Women’s Day 2021 campaign the...
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Your tri-weekly Coronavirus update (01/03/2021)
The UK government has revealed its “roadmap” for easing coronavirus restrictions. The first wave of measures easing the country out of lockdown will b...
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Climate protesting teen charged
An 18-year-old climate protestor has appeared in court, facing charges relating to an incident when he climbed a 33 metres tall crane in Norwich to ha...
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SU Officer Election Results Announced
The results for the Student Union Elections were announced this evening after a tense wait across the UEA community. Hamish Williams was reelect...
Main Stories
Meet the candidates: SU Officer Elections 2020-21
Voting has opened in this year’s Student Union Officer Elections, here’s the low-down on everything that’s happening over the next few days. Voting op...
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Fun in the snow, but at what cost?
As much of the UK was hit with a flurry of snow, UEA was transformed into a picturesque winter wonderland covered in a blanket of the white stuff and ...
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UEA Launches the Sustainable UEA Awards
Nominations have now opened for the SustainableUEA Awards: a new programme that recognises the sustainable efforts and achievements of staff and stude...
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Coronavirus update
After the number of new coronavirus cases reached record levels in January, daily figures now appear to be showing a decline. The initial rise in case...
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Joe Biden Inaugurated as 46th President of United States
Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th US President on Wednesday 20th January. Mr Biden’s oath of office was presided over by the Chief Justice John G. Ro...
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Spanish Rapper’s Arrest Sparks Protests
The arrest of Catalonian musician Pablo Hasél has sparked protests over free speech and the country’s penal code. Hasél was arrested on Tuesday by anti-riot police following a 24-hour standoff in a university, sparking protests across Spain. The Rapper has been given a nine-month sentence for glorifying terrorist acts on his social media accounts and...
TV
Women on TV: The Inclusion Crisis
From Wonder Woman to Rachel Green to Villanelle, the presentation of gender on television has progressed since the 1970s. There has been an increase in inclusivity and a reduction in gendered stereotypes of women on television. Wonder Woman is a figure of empowerment yet is sexualised and subjected to the male gaze. ‘Friends’ introduces Rachel...
TV
Can Period Dramas ever be Feminist?
The last couple of years have seen an upsurge in TV and Film adaptations of literary classics, with a distinctly feminist twist. In 2018, period drama fans were treated to another adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic ‘Little Women’. Then came Autumn De Wilde’s ‘Emma’, and the Apple TV mini-series ‘Dickinson’. The latest adaptation to...
TV
A Rewatch of… Gilmore Girls
Uplifting, relatable, a cult classic, there’s no show quite as lovable as the charming, American comedy-drama series that is ‘Gilmore Girls’. Running for seven seasons from 2000-2007, this series focuses on the close relationship between fun, perky single mother in her thirties, Lorelai Gilmore, and her intellectual teen daughter, Rory. They’re the mother-daughter slash best-friend...
TV
Coverage of It’s a Sin’s sex scenes teaches us a lot about homophobia
‘It’s a Sin’ was the talking point of the country for a while, and like many others, I devoured the series the night it was released. It made my heart swell, shattered it into pieces, fixed it up again with the cheapest tape possible, only to then fall apart and splinter into even smaller shards....
Film
The importance of women in film
When asked, people tend to struggle to name female writers, directors, cinematographers etc. Well, I am here to name a few. Firstly, Lorene Scafaria, directed the 2019 hit Hustlers. A crime thriller and yes, the film is about strippers, but it is also about women doing the best that they can in a broken system....
Film
Post-MeToo: How has the presentation of women changed (hopefully for the better)?
The MeToo movement took both Hollywood and the world by storm in 2017. Originally a phrase used in 2006 by activist Tarana Burke, and became mainstream in 2017 when actress Alyssa Milano began a twitter trend with the #MeToo. The movement began a ripple effect of both women and men coming forward to speak of...
Film
My favourite film with a strong female lead
Nerisse Appleby There are so many films featuring strong female leads that I love; so many, in fact, that I couldn’t actually pick a favourite. While many view the term ‘strong female lead’ as relating to the kick-ass, save-the-world heroines we now find in our favourite action films (who are, of course, amazing), I wanted...
Film
Essential viewing: Recent Films Directed by Women
From the soft, adolescent comfort of Lady Bird (2017) to the sickeningly tense The Babadook (2014), consider this a brief list of women-directed films that, I hope, can offer something for every type of cinephile. The Breaker Upperers (2018), directed by Madeleine Sami and Jackie van Beek This anti-romantic comedy is somehow cynical of love...
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Women in the Gaming Industry
Over the last few decades, the proportional makeup of gamers has increased to 52% women in 2014 according to a study by The Guardian, a statistic which challenges the gamer stereotype. Why then are so few women developing games? Only around 20% of game developers are women, and it seems strange to me that with...
Film
Essential viewing: Recent Films Directed by Women
From the soft, adolescent comfort of Lady Bird (2017) to the sickeningly tense The Babadook (2014), consider this a brief list of women-directed films that, I hope, can offer something for every type of cinephile. The Breaker Upperers (2018), directed by Madeleine Sami and Jackie van Beek This anti-romantic comedy is somehow cynical of love...
Film
My favourite film with a strong female lead
Nerisse Appleby There are so many films featuring strong female leads that I love; so many, in fact, that I couldn’t actually pick a favourite. While many view the term ‘strong female lead’ as relating to the kick-ass, save-the-world heroines we now find in our favourite action films (who are, of course, amazing), I wanted...
Film
Post-MeToo: How has the presentation of women changed (hopefully for the better)?
The MeToo movement took both Hollywood and the world by storm in 2017. Originally a phrase used in 2006 by activist Tarana Burke, and became mainstream in 2017 when actress Alyssa Milano began a twitter trend with the #MeToo. The movement began a ripple effect of both women and men coming forward to speak of...
Film
The importance of women in film
When asked, people tend to struggle to name female writers, directors, cinematographers etc. Well, I am here to name a few. Firstly, Lorene Scafaria, directed the 2019 hit Hustlers. A crime thriller and yes, the film is about strippers, but it is also about women doing the best that they can in a broken system....
Gaming
Stranger Danger
‘Stranger danger’ is one of the biggest fears associated with the internet, especially in online games with chat functions. A quick Google search brings up countless horror stories of children meeting ‘friends’ online who turn out to be predators. Young people are so easily influenced, and their trusting nature makes them very easy targets for...
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