When I first met you, you were introduced to me as LSE’s ‘resident Tory’. Could you elaborate on how that’s changed? I certainly was, at that point last year, sort of the quintessential Tory and one o…
Tess Wheldon on Retaking Agency After Assault
[Trigger Warning: sexual assault, rape] When I first met Tess Wheldon last year, she was introduced to me as LSE’s resident Tory. Since then, her stance has changed and she now identifies as “politica…
Samir Patel talks to FLIPSIDE about getting hangovers and how to deal with them
Are you ready? I feel like I’m doing an interview for JP Morgan! How much did you drink last night? I wasn’t drinking too much, just the usual rum and coke and then I got dick of the day [from hockey]…
International Student Diary: Stripping, Pets, and Food
Where are you from? Ryan Lim: I’m from Singapore. I grew up in quite a few countries because my dad used to work in the airline business, so I was in Hong Kong for one year, then India for another yea…
To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before—Netflix’s Best Rom-Com
Behold, all lovers of romance; Netflix has come out with the best teenage rom-com of all time. I was immersed in a film that I could finally identify with—a typical teenage story that so happens to al…
The Path Home
by Melissa Au When you ask where home is, I can give you a variety of answers. I was born in Hong Kong, but I grew up in Shanghai. I’m not deeply familiar with either of these cultures a…
Dear White People: Not Everything is About You
[Author’s note: the problems addressed in this article apply to a wide spectrum of discriminatory relationships, including race relations, gender relations, identity relations, etc. The reason that th…
ozzie
Drip…Drop…Drip…Drop… Oswald hates the water. He hates how it drips endlessly into a puddle, growing ever larger. It drips when it rains and it drips a little less when it’s dry. He put a bowl undernea…