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Author Archives: Marietta Kosma

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Eccentric Egocentric – the prototypical Oxford student as the flawed individualist

Marietta Kosma Nov 20, 2025 6 min read
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“Despite the university’s attempts to facilitate community building through the collegiate system, the Oxford student identity hinges upon the ‘every man for himself’ mentality.” -…

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Rare Aesthetic: getting your first essay back and realising you kind of suck

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“I threw in as much secondary criticism as I could find, hoping desperately that Derrida and Calvino could drown out my voice, or lack thereof.”…

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