internet culture Archives - The Oxford Blue

A LAN party in the Winter 2004 DreamHack.

Monoculture isn’t dead, it’s online

by Rohit GhoshJune 21, 2026June 21, 2026

A screenshot of a home screen with social media apps on it.

Social Media Personas: Do we show who we really are?

by Isobel GurnettJune 8, 2026June 8, 2026

An illustration of a brain connected to both drawings representing social media, but also ones representing academic life in Oxford.

‘Brainrot’: An Internet Phenomenon with Real-World Consequences

by Nancy PierreFebruary 8, 2026February 8, 2026

A collage of misogynistic comments from Tiktok.

Should “Optionally Chopped” be Dropped? A Trend Interrogation

by Tallulah Stephens SkeeteFebruary 5, 2026February 5, 2026

An illustration of a poet on the platform TikTok reading aloud.

Is TikTok democratising poetry?

by Chau Anh NguyenNovember 23, 2025November 23, 2025

streetlights, part 2

by Sharon ZhangJune 12, 2025June 12, 2025

How to Hijack Feminism: A Space Odyssey

by Isolde SellinApril 26, 2025May 7, 2025