belonging Archives - The Oxford Blue

Street of San Juan, Puerto Rico at night. The streets are dimly lit.

Identity

Bad Bunny and Being An Immigrant

by Shixin Zhao May 21, 2025May 20, 2025

Features

Strange Oxford World

by Anonymous Author June 20, 2024June 20, 2024

Identity

My Mother’s Past

by Thisuri Perera March 3, 2024March 23, 2024

Opinion

For ‘Third Culture Kids’, there’s no place like home…

by Elba Slamecka March 5, 2020September 19, 2020

Rising and Falling

Ava Doherty Nov 10, 2025 2 min read

‘I write when it’s late, when there’s rum on my breath and salt in my hair’. Ava Doherty’s reflection on waves and creation.

Second Draft: Introductions and long words

Eleanor Davies Nov 10, 2025 5 min read

Illustration of Oxford buildings and study materials surrounding text that reads 'Second Draft'

“I now find myself saying things like, ‘Let’s meet at plodge’, ‘Have you bought your sub fusc?’ and ‘I need to pay my battels’ with…

Massacre in Rio de Janeiro: 132 Killed in Bloody Police Raid

Lola Dunton-Milenkovic Nov 10, 2025 9 min read

An image of a wall in Rio de Janeiro covered in graffiti, with #FAVELISMO at the forefront.

“Assassinating young people in favelas isn’t public policy, it’s a massacre.” – Mônica Benício Lola Dunton-Milenkovic explores the deadliest police raid in Brazilian history, which…

Stitching a new narrative? A Look Inside Riyadh Fashion Week

Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani Nov 10, 2025 12 min read

A photo of models walking across a runway at a fashion show

“One must recognise that fashion, like all forms of art, is never apolitical.” Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani reviews Riyadh Fashion Week. Image credit: Michael Mandiberg / CC-BY…