Medskool Drag Night
For their Drag Night at Pleasance Cabaret Bar on Thursday evening, Edinburgh LGBT+ Medics promised an evening of ‘debauchery and queerness featuring talent from across the medical school’ – and…
Sexist NHS ad promoting emergency contraceptives sparks outrage
The NHS has been lampooned this weekend for the emergence of highly sexist adverts promoting emergency contraceptives to young women, asking them whether they had considered that they would have…
Cult Column: The Princess Diaries (2001)
On 21 December 2001, an icon was born in the form of Anne Hathaway’s Mia Thermopolis, the unlikely princess of Genovia. Two months after the death of her father and…
Rookie’s view: ice-hockey
Up until a trip to Murrayfield ice rink last year, I had absolutely no idea that Edinburgh had an ice hockey team – even less that they play every week…
The Shape of Water
In the opening sequence of The Shape of Water, we are told that we are about to embark on “a tale of love and loss, and the monster who tried…
It’s time to change how we think about Valentine’s Day
Our final edition as Editors in Chief has come, and it couldn’t have fallen on a better day. Over the last few months we’ve put our hearts and souls into…
The Student interviews Mary Harron, director of Netflix’s Alias Grace
This week, The Student spoke with Mary Harron, director of Netflix’s recent miniseries Alias Grace. Mary has always concerned herself with the female perspective, as well as the complicated world…
#MeToo and dressing for defiance at the Golden Globes
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will know all about the significance of this year’s Golden Globes to women around the world, in the acting industry and beyond.…