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Struggles as a currency: how historical oppression shaped poverty’s place in black music

February 12th 2026 When Nigerian artist Burna Boy raps “I’ve been broke my whole life, poverty na my tradition,” or when Kendrick Lamar opens good kid, m.A.A.d city by chronicling life in Section 8 housing, they participating in a long-standing tradition within Black music: the valorisation of struggle. This celebration of poverty, however, is not […]

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Who gets to call it art? Value, Access and the Politics of Culture

February 11th 2026 To write this article I interviewed the owner of COR gallery- Emily Dymond whose artistic journey was manifested from the early years of accompanying her mother to numerous exhibitions. The seed was planted for opening her own gallery when she often visualised or some may say ‘manifested’ having a space of her

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How literature reflects the political landscape in which it was written

December 7th 2025 The Inescapable Connection Against the popular demand to “separate the art from the artist,” a more compelling truth emerges: all art is political. All literature is an inherent product of its time, the systems of power, social struggles, and cultural debates. Books are a powerful medium for sharing opinions and voices, whether

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How lexical asymmetry becomes a reflection of social inequalities

December 7th 2025 Formerly, I studied English Language as an A-level which allowed me to step back from the reading lists assigned and think of the terminology behind language. What piqued my interest were the concepts of lexical asymmetry and semantic deterioration. This is essentially the idea that there is a difference between the masculine

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The Death of Fashion Insiders: The art of interviewing

November 29th 2025 There is a verisimilitude and warmth in Lauren Ezersky’s interviews that feels extremely rare in today’s digitally mediated fashion content. Watching Behind the Velvet Ropes (1984–2012) (“Behind the Velvet Ropes,” 2025) feels less like viewing a formal interview and more like being involved in a conversation between messy, loud, TMI, stylish friends who know

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