• A Prime Example of Woke Washing: Fast Fashion and International Women’s Day

    Daria Paterek The concept of companies profiting from social issues is sadly nothing new. Yet fast fashion companies participating in woke washing (particularly for International Women’s Day, despite accusations of modern slavery, female exploitation, and massive gender inequality) is distasteful, hypocritical, and frankly exploitative. Inauthenticity, hypocrisy, and artificiality are...
  • Is Modern Slavery The Price You Must Pay In Order To Dress Like Your Favourite Influencer?

    Fast fashion has become entrenched into society today. Fuelled by the Instagram generation who, when faced with the outfits of their favourite celebs, want to instantly buy the pieces they love....
  • Modern Slavery: Making a Noise for the Voiceless

    It’s likely that at some point in your life you will come into contact with an enslaved person without even realising it. A victim of modern slavery could be washing your car, painting your nails or making your new pair of trainers. It’s a crime that often remains hidden because it...
  • Live animals used at CockSoc Ball

    CockSoc Society used live animals as part of the entertainment at their annual ball. Coming to the end of the year, the majority of students are attending society balls and celebrating reaching the end of the academic year. The Cocktail Society Ball, generally known as CockSoc Ball is extremely popular...
  • UoN supports Stop The Traffik’s ‘Make Fashion Traffik-Free’ campaign

    The University of Nottingham’s (UoN) ‘Stop The Traffik’ society is set to hold a clothes swap on 11th March to raise awareness for the Sumangali Scheme in Tamil Nadu, India. Organisers of the UoN campaign hope that students will donate their unwanted clothes and in return swap these for new clothes,...