‘What the fuck are they feeding you guys?!’: on the persistence of creativity in a digitally entrenched generation
For a platform so routinely cast as the emblem of cultural decline, accused of eroding attention spans, diluting originality, and trapping us within an endless scroll, TikTok has unexpectedly presented us with a startling contradiction — becoming a fertile ground for one of the most radical creati
Letter to the Editor: This scene kicks and screams
To the Editor, It’s around 8:30pm, and I’m backstage at the JdP music building at St Hilda’s. I’m sweaty, and I can barely walk in the tight dress I chose completely of my own volition. The second half of the concert is about to start, and as is typical of me, I’m not sure […
Guillotine: Give all children unrestricted internet access
In case you were wondering where half the world’s capital ran off to, two hot new AI innovations dropped: OpenAI’s Sora and Meta’s Vibes. They are both social media feeds. Sora’s gimmick is that you can now very easily make AI videos with real people in them. I first found out about it throu
Farewell to the EFL
the people are all homesick today or desperately sleeping, Trying to remember how those rectangular shapes Became so extraneous and so near To create a foreground of quiet knowledge In which youth had grown old — John Ashbery, ‘The Bungalows’ Oxford has enough limestone. Tour
Icon of the Week: ‘Disgusted of Christ Church’
If you’ve ever been cornered by someone really Isis-pilled— an Editor-in-Chief, perhaps, or the Dept. Ed. in charge of the cult that is Features, you’ll know that This Magazine is no stranger to the public eye. Anyone who’s ever been trapped in an unbearably self-referential conversation at
Greetings from the exit row
Anyone who knows me can tell you that travel is not something I’m fond of. Every term around week six, I start to curse myself for not being a minimalist, the prospect of having to wear the unfoldable free pink cowboy hat I acquired during Chappell Roan night at Bridge to the airport sudden
A review of DEPOT ‘25
‘Fusion Arts connects artists with communities promoting dynamic creative projects that drive social justice and celebrate diversity. Fusion Arts is a catalyst for creativity in Oxford and beyond.’ – The Fusion Arts brochure I’m no stranger to the pretensions of the Art World. My
Greetings from Texas
America, the first postcolonial nation, is made of squares. It’s among the angular continents, with fake borders, straight lines, someone else’s perfect shapes. And every postcolonial state from Kenya to Kansas must question: what is our culture? We have a name, a group of people, some lines on
The Isis MT25 Pitch Prompts – Juvenilia Issue
Write a visual poem that looks like its subject. Invent a language. Use it to write a story. Is it gross to call your significant other ‘baby’? Is nostalgia the root of all evil? Do you still believe in magic? Write us a closet drama. Would your younger self be proud of the person [&helli