It’s been a while, but the theme of season 2 is unplanned and there’s a lot to talk about. We’ve been watching Spider-Man: Homecoming, Wonder Woman, Love Island, Summer Break and The Bachelor, leading to an in-depth discussion of reality tv. Pl

Episode 6 - How is This News?

Sep 25th, 2016

This week we’re back and more cynical than ever, discussing the more problematic aspects of Fashion Week, Alicia Keys’ crusade against make-up, and why the world has turned their backs on Lena Dunham and Amy Schumer. Plus hear our (often mixed)

Episode 5 - Gender Is Dodgy

Sep 2nd, 2016

Inside this week’s Thinkpiece: a (spoilery) Stranger Things discussion, the non-sports side of the Olympics, and the fallacy of beauty! This episode also comes with the introduction of Thinkpiece Film Club, in which we review ‘Nerve’ (2016). Li

Episode 4 - Dancing While Black

Aug 24th, 2016

We’re back! On this week’s episode, we discuss the treatment of celebrities from teenaged Malia Obama to new mother Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Jenna talks through personal experiences with online harassment and North American street signage, and

Episode 3 - Sexy Chocolate

Jul 13th, 2016

In a chattier episode of Thinkpiece: Jenna quits make-up, Connor isn’t sure whether he’s being abused or seduced, and Rachel admits she is ‘woman super excited by food’. We talk cosmetics and their implications, female tropes in advertising, an

Episode 2 - Welcome to the Resort

Jun 29th, 2016

This week on Thinkpiece: we hate-watch Me Before You, host a small Taylor Swift summit in the wake of Swiddleston, and discuss the journalistic horror that is the Daily Mail’s treatment of women. In addition to telling you what we’re into and w

Episode 1 - Pilot

Jun 7th, 2016

On the first ever episode of Thinkpiece, we discuss the perils of high heels and their role in the workplace, the sexualisation of weather girls, Hollywood’s problem with abuse and Ryan Gosling’s problem with forming sentences (plus the saving

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