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“The thing about being queer at an all-girls’

“The thing about being queer at an all-girls’ school is that you feel like a cuckoo’s egg in a nest full of other, perfectly formed, cisgender heterosexual eggs, and you’re always five seconds away from getting caught. There is a particular kind of platonic intimacy at girls’ schools — spraying each other with far too much deodorant after sport, lying with your head on a girl’s knee while you both revise Spanish vocab half an hour before the test, having your hair deftly but tenderly braided at breaktime. PE teachers would bounce into the changing rooms before swimming, cheerfully assuring any nervous ones that “We’re all girls here!”, thus implying, I suppose, that no-one is attracted to anyone else. If anyone was, they’d be a threat, they’d burst the bubble of safety. Thus if you detect some confusing, illegal-feeling emotions in you, you stamp them down until they sit at the bottom of your stomach and never emerge again. Your second priority is academics, but your first is heterosexuality, or, in any case, an obvious commitment to at least trying it. So, when you’re all changing in the locker room, you don’t look at any of the other girls, who are happily chatting and hugging and laughing with each other, in case you gave anything away, so instead, very heterosexually, you stare at the floor. You’re very grateful for the floor. The floor is beautiful.”

Head to our website to read Ellie Redpath’s account of her experience of struggling with her sexuality as she grew up in an all girls secondary school.

Illustration by Em Perkins.

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“Wadham College’s Middle Common Room (MCR) has

“Wadham College’s Middle Common Room (MCR) has been rocked by a financial scandal, as it has been revealed more than £21,000 of MCR funds were embezzled by a former officer.

On Monday evening Wadham MCR members were emailed a statement by the President of the MCR and informed that “a former MCR committee officer stole over £21k (£21630.66 to be exact) from the MCR bank account”. The money was spent “primarily on purchases from Etsy and Amazon”. However, MCR members were reassured that the person responsible “has admitted to the theft, and paid the money back”.”

Head to our website to read more of Eoin Hughes’ article on this shocking scandal.

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“For most of Michaelmas 2019 the first thing I w

“For most of Michaelmas 2019 the first thing I would think about when I woke up was whether to drop out of Oxford.

From the very start of my degree, my time at Oxford has been far from plain-sailing. I developed M.E. in my first term of university and decided to suspend my studies during the more acute stage of my illness. When I returned I was determined that my experience of Oxford would still be as exciting and rewarding as I imagined it being before my illness. After passing first year Law Moderations I was elated: it was confirmation that I was capable of studying at Oxford with a disability. Nonetheless, as the Michaelmas term of second year rolled round, it became increasingly evident that my current lifestyle was unsustainable.”

Head to The Oxford Blue’s website to read Danni Watts’ article on part-time study at Oxford, and how it saved both her degree and mental health.

Artwork by Em Perkins.

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Are you interested in contributing creatively to The Blue? Would you like to produce illustrations for our articles on a regular basis? (digital/traditional illustrations, photography, mixed media work…)

We would like to invite illustrators and artists who have previously contributed to The Blue, and also those who are interested but haven’t yet tried for a formal role, to join us here on the creative team! This term we are dedicated to increase the number of original illustrations for The Blue’s articles. So if this opportunity seems exciting to you, please read about how to apply below.

(If you are still hesitating, head over to The Blue’s website https://www.theoxfordblue.co.uk/ to see the broad range of illustrations being featured across the sections! )

To join us you simply need to send an email including the following information:
- Your name
- Your Subject, College, Year of Study
- 3-5 images / a PDF document of your work (Any visual work that best represents you as an illustrator)
To the following email address: chen.chen@st-hughs.ox.ac.uk

Deadline for applications is Wednesday 14 July 11:59 PM

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