“Some of my favourite pieces of art are made by the worst people”: Can an artist’s personal life be separated from their art?

Illustrations by Grace McKenna
Artists are probably the luckiest people to exist. They usually have some sort of talent that was just bestowed upon them at birth, and from there on out they found their niche and stuck with it. Musicians, writers, actors, painters, poets - they are the privileged, but also the damaged. When thinking about the most significant pieces of art ever created, I can almost guarantee that the artists behind them are not always morally sound.

New In! The Detachable Bush

Illustrations by Grace McKenna
From make-up to cosmetic surgeries, women are always being sold something to change their appearance. Thick eyebrows aren’t cute, but be careful – you can’t pluck them too thin, that isn’t cute either. Being skinny is in, but make sure you still have a bum silly! Of course, don’t worry if you don’t look like this or that; here is a list of the 50 latest trending products that you can buy to turn you into the perfect woman!

Endurance: Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 80 Years After

Illustrations by Grace McKenna
Public memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has long been shaped by a U.S.-centred narrative that frames the...

That Sydney Sweeney Campaign: American Eagle’s Marketing Misfire

Illustrations by Grace McKenna
‘Sydney Sweeney has great jeans/genes.’ It’s a tagline that’s ricocheted across social media, sparking...

Scarves, Spirituality and Stereotypes: The Double Standard of South Asia in the Western Imagination

Illustrations by Grace McKenna
With Coachella in April and the Met Gala in May, for the last few months my social media has been flooded...

uninformed, ununinformed responses, November 5

Illustrations by Grace McKenna
Dip your fingers in my scalp. Touch the warm patches the sun left behind.

Leopold III

Illustrations by Grace McKenna
I crave some sort of ghostly hereafter, History is a myth, after all.

Tackling Misogyny in Sports: Let’s Talk about Women’s Rugby

Illustration by Grace McKenna
When I arrived at Edinburgh’s Hive stadium for my first Women’s Six Nations match, I couldn’t help but...