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Tag: identity

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Molasses: The Movie that Defined a Diaspora

by Mariam Elantably November 20, 2025November 20, 2025
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Posted inIdentity

Eccentric Egocentric – the prototypical Oxford student as the flawed individualist

by Orla Case November 20, 2025November 20, 2025
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What’s Really in a Name?

by Liv Ekdawi November 17, 2025November 17, 2025
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Diaries of a Thought Son: The museum of all my memories

by Jaami Al-Choudhury November 12, 2025November 12, 2025
Our regular image for the Diaries of a Thought Son column, a castle with a flying bookmark featuring the LGBT flag.
Posted inIdentity

Diaries of a Thought Son: “I’m (almost) feeling 22”

by Jaami Al-Choudhury October 26, 2025October 26, 2025
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From Oxford to Spain: “Finding myself” on my Year Abroad

by Juliana Pamiloza October 21, 2025October 20, 2025
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Romanes Lecture – Mishal Hussain on ‘Empire, Identity and the Search for Reason’

by Dhillon Lalji October 18, 2025October 18, 2025
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Musings of a Media Lover: Forgetting Sarah Marshall, writing, and finding my way back to myself

by Millie Acton February 7, 2025June 26, 2025
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‘New Year, (not so) New Me’

by Isabel Valovin December 31, 2024December 31, 2024
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