Politics

Politics by Cheyenne Brown1st August 202026th January 2022

The Market of Emotions

Let’s talk about how people are constantly capitalising off of your emotions. Like, they are pulling your heartstrings so that you’ll pull out your wallet, and that’s something you should be aware of, so I’ll take one for the team and tell you about it. Let’s start with lockdown. During this time, people began to […]

Politics by Cheyenne Brown1st February 202026th January 2022

A Look at Language in the Refugee Crisis

So, there is a lot going on in the world right now. Lots of awful stuff. Like, I don’t need to explain to you what I’m going to talk about because it’s in the title and you already know about it if you don’t live under a rock. I want to focus on something that’s […]

Other by Cheyenne Brown18th January 202026th January 2022

Pretentious Academia

Trigger warning: a rant. Not only a rant but the rantiest of rants that you will ever see on Pepper. Okay, so I’m annoyed about the books in my reading list. I love my degree, I love what we discuss in the seminars, I love theory. But I hate the reading. Like, truly hate the […]

Politics by Cheyenne Brown13th December 201926th January 2022

Moving On

So, a lot of us are disheartened, afraid, annoyed… you name it. But one thing I want to say (something I find hard to say) is that we should respect the result of the General Election. Yes, the Tories won. Yes, it’s going to affect a lot of the stuff we care about. For me, […]

Politics by Cheyenne Brown29th November 201926th January 2022

The Lion King

I remember going with my family to watch the live action adaptation of the Lion King. It was great (neglecting the fact that they got rid of He Lives In You, which will forever slap), but it made me realise that my degree has essentially ruined this beautiful Disney classic; all I could see was […]

Faith by Cheyenne Brown6th September 201926th January 2022

“God is Evil”?

In my introductory post, I told you all that I’m a Christian. And when I said Christian, I don’t mean “oh, I was christened as a child”, or “I go to church”. Yes, I was raised in church but I didn’t believe any of it for a very long time. I mean that I (by […]