the confessions (and concessions) of someone who wears flares
Thea Nawal considers how taste and style dually operate to intimate or emulate social privilege. She explores the implicit classism behind the facetious claim that skinny jeans are ‘uncool’, aiming to highlight her own complicity in endorsing class stratification during her time at university
the state-private school divide: reflections on elitism at university
Imogen Bristow writes about her personal experience as a university student who was educated at a state school, and the ‘imposter-syndrome’ she feels amongst her privately-educated peers. The piece is accompanied by Imogen’s own illustration.