Ideas, Not Identity

China. The Orwellian Lives of Uighur Muslims. After reading this, please look into the first-hand accounts of Muslims from China who have undergone the vile treatment I am about to discuss. Nothing I write can properly describe what they have gone through. In 2018, satellite images above western China showed unexpected changes to the landscape. These new photographs showed an area in Xinjiang, occupied with large, grey buildings, surrounded by barbed wire, and dotted with security towers. Reports and investigations into the area were and still are hard to come by, with strict policing of anyone attempting to gain information as to what these new, eerie looking compounds are to be used for. It was hard to argue however, that what was being photographed was anything other than a concentration camp. Those who are unfortunate enough to be on the wrong side of these impenetrable walls is no secret: Uighur Muslims, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz and other ethnic minorities. The reason for their incarcera

  It’s A Sin to Support Russel T Davies Nobody Wants Equality Anymore.   On Channel 4, there is currently a TV series called It’s A Sin . It follows the homosexual scene during the 80s, amidst the HIV pandemic. This was a time when AIDS was a scary, taboo topic, as well as a silent, hidden killer targeting a minority. I have not yet watched It’s A Sin , and after hearing the latest comments from its creator Russel T Davies, I doubt I will.      Davies has been in the news a lot recently. His latest comments however, have gained a lot of attention for the wrong reasons. Davies’ plan from the beginning for his show was to cast gay as gay . What this means is that the roles for gay characters were only to be played by gay actors. A specific sexuality therefore became a requirement for employment. He believes this should always be the case, and has defended his comments publicly.      I firmly disagree with Davies, for a number of reasons, and truly believe that his views are part

Say Goodbye to Dubai. The Irony of Influencers. First of all, yes this Blog is still going! Stay tuned for lots more content, and thank you for reading! Across the news recently, you will have seen that the world of influencers has come under strong criticism for their unnecessary travelling abroad. A swift scroll through any social media platform will see these, at a push, B -list celebrities, parading in their sponsored bikinis on private yachts, donning the international symbol of Middle-Eastern holidaying: a shisha pipe, whooping and cheering as a waitress brings forth a superfluously large bottle of vodka, sparkling in the darkened club (Grey Goose, of course). I fear that if I linger and rant any further about the behaviours of this kind, I will struggle to stop. My main issue here is not what they get up to, but where they decide to do so.                 A location check will see at least the majority, if not the entire influencer flock, lavishly living it up in the United Ara