Birmingham University Labour Students’ new online publication
After a welcome break, BulsEye are back for semester 2!
Our first article of the new semester, Holly Mapana presents a poignant reflection on what exactly it means to be Black.
As always, feel free to come to us with articles you have written or ideas you want to write about!
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It’s coming to the time where estate agents will be pressuring students into securing their uni house, you may have already encountered one, or perhaps others have told you that if you don’t get a house soon, there will be none left before you need to move in. This is simply not true. It is currently October 2021, and the new school year doesn’t begin until September 2022, which is almost a year in the future, so there’s no rush!
Students are often pressured into contracts that leave them susceptible to issues during their tenancy, including rat infestations, broken furniture, faulty heating and unfair costs from greedy landlords. Due to a lack of awareness surrounding housing rights for young people, students are left in the dark when it comes to signing tenancy agreements, so here are some dos and don’ts that can help protect you and inform you of some of your basic housing rights!
Check the article on our website, and look out for leaflets appearing soon…
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This year, we are hoping to centre Black voices in our second issue of our Black History Month Magazine.
Until the 31st of October, we will be accepting and publishing articles and artwork that focus on Black history and issues.
The theme for BHM 2021 is Proud To Be, so we would particularly be interested in articles that celebrate different Black identities, achievements and contributions.
If you’re interested, you can contribute,
Opinion pieces
Personal essays
Lifestyle essays
Political writing
Art & photography
Or alternatively, we are looking for quotes from Black students that resonate with the theme, Proud to Be.
At the end of the month, all submitted articles will be available both online and in print. There is the option of donating to the Reach Out Project, a mentoring programme to support young Black boys from inner-city London.
If you want to get involved, you can email:
[email protected]
Bulseye is BACK!
Summer may have ended as quickly as it began, but there’s nothing like some good old leftie journalism to shake off the September blues!
We’re so excited to be back up and running with a brand new editorial team. Introducing:
Dean Turner (Editor)
Jess Wilson (Editor)
Samir Sehgal (Party Editor)
Nia Brace (Local Editor)
Sundus Abdi (Polsis In Colour Editor)
Hamdi Rage (Features Editor)
Hannah Bettelley (Current Affairs Editor)
During term time we’ll be publishing new content on a rolling basis to bring you opinion pieces, current affairs, Labour Party business, Birmingham and UOB news, and updates from Polsis In Colour.
Watch this space for information on a new Bulseye podcast from George Shealy...
If you would like to contribute to Bulseye, please email [email protected], we’d love to include your work in the mag!
Thanks so much for sticking with us, we hope to see you back here very soon!
Love and solidarity,
The Bulseye Team
We’re back and hoping to commemorate LGBTQ history month with a dedicated feature in our Winter Edition! 🏳️🌈🎯
If you’ve got any related material you want to be published for the student Left to read, please send to [email protected]
The deadline is the 25th of Feb 🎯
There’s only a few days to go for you to submit your work to [email protected] in order to feature in our Black History Month issue! The deadline is 26th of October - best of luck, the BulsEye team 🎯
The first article for our Black History Month edition comes from former Guild President Joshua Williams who writes about universities lack of support for Black students and the Black Lives Matter movement.
https://www.bulseye.co.uk/comment-section/Black-History-Month/Black-Lives-Matter%3A-It-is-time-for-Universities-to-move-beyond-tokenistic-support
Black Lives Matter: It is time for Universities to move beyond tokenistic support by Joshua Williams
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We want to contribute to the great tradition of Black History Month as we understand its importance and immediacy.
From now until the 26th of Ocotber, we will be accepting and publishing articles and artwork relevant to Black History Month and make sure UOB students from all backgrounds are enriched in this fantastic tradition.
At the end of Black History Month we will publish all your work in a print issue which you can buy! All money made off of this print issue will go to the Black Curriculum, a charity endorsed by BLM that looks to promote Black British History.
As always, if you want to send us art or written work to go onto our website and the print issue, send your work to:
[email protected]
Check out our website BHM-freindly website revamp here: https://www.bulseye.co.uk/bulseye
For more information on the Black Curriculum visit their website:
https://www.theblackcurriculum.com
BulsEye Magazine
We’ve made a list of all our articles on this edition for you lovely people 😉
Features:
* From Casualisation to Coronavirus - A statement on the working and learning conditions at the University of Birmingham, by the Women and Non-binary Students Association Intersectional Feminist Campaign.�
* Making the distinction between exploitation and liberation? - ‘’I May Destroy You’’, by Megan Cole�
* Council Councillors deserve Counselling? By Jennifer Maidment��
* BBC repeating Racial Slurs, by Hamdi Rage�
* At least Wiley taught me a lesson. Sort of. By George Aminoff �
* Remembering Holocaust survivours, by Natasha Hertz�
* Trip to Edinburgh, by Jonathan Korn�
* Care4Calais: Tia Bush describes the situation, by Tia Bush and BulsEye
Dear Men on the Left:
* The real trash is the patriarchy we made along the way, by Jessie Wilson�
Comment:
* Should we cancel cancel culture?� how effective is 'cancelling', especially in politics, and is it a legitimate means of holding people to account, by Nia Brace �
* Terfs don't belong in the labour party, by Megan Cole �
* COVID article, by Henry Snowballs �
* Lib Dem leadership, by Patrick Gilbert �
* Gender piece, by Ellen Wright�
Economics:
* The Economic Case for Tackling Climate Change, by Jude Stafford�
* An Insight into Income and Wealth Inequality in the UK, by Megan Cole�
World:
* US Congressional elections, by Lewis Quinn�
* Race, Class and the Coup in Bolivia, by George Shealy
* Can you place Rwanda on a map? By Jennifer Maidment �
You know the drill: https://www.bulseye.co.uk/issues/Second-Edition
The second edition of BulsEye is finally here! 🎯
From Bolivia, to Edinburgh, to the corners of the Twitterverse, the latest edition of BulsEye covers all bases! Check it out now!
A big thanks and special mention goes to WANBA and JSOC for contributing to this issue - solidarity!
If you would like to see our Fight Against anti-Semitism feature then follow the link below and go to 'Features' to see those articles!
https://www.bulseye.co.uk/issues/Second-Edition
BULSEYE BROADCAST! 🎯🚨
We are launching our 2nd Edition on the 7th of September! We are excited for this next edition for many reasons, one of those being JSOC’s agreement to collaborate with us. With their help we are diversifying our magazine’s creators and dedicating a feature to the fight against Anti-Semitism.
Do you want to be a part of our 2nd edition?
If you have any artwork or articles you would like to see put on show by the magazine, send your submissions to [email protected]
The writing brief:
- Articles that are appropriate for a left-wing publication.
- Word limit of around 800 words.
- Anything suitable for our sections which cover comment, feature, world news and economics.
- If you want to write something for our fight against Anti-Semitism feature, or would like to write something about Jewish culture and history, please feel free!
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS ON THE 1ST OF SEPTEMBER
Co-editor Megan Cole writes about Michaela Coel’s new BBC drama “I May Destroy You”
https://www.bulseye.co.uk/features/-/Making-the-Distinction-Between-Liberation-and-Exploitation%3F---%22I-May-Destroy-You%22
Making the Distinction Between Liberation and Exploitation? - "I May Destroy You" by Megan Cole
Check out our latest feature, Jessie Wilson’s article about the discourse surrounding “men are trash”.
https://www.bulseye.co.uk/features/-/The-Real-Trash-is-the-Patriarchy-We-Made-Along-the-Way
The Real Trash is the Patriarchy We Made Along the Way by Jess Wilson
Not sure what to make of Rishi Sunak’s Summer Statement? Here’s our look at what the announcements might mean for your finances:
https://www.bulseye.co.uk/economics/-/What-Does-the-Summer-Statement-Mean-for-Students%3F
What Does the Summer Statement Mean for Students? by Jude Stafford
The first, of a continuing segment in Features, is up -
'Dear Men on the Left,'
This article was written by our features editor M. Maidment. Go check it out!
We are taking submissions on a rolling basis so if you would like to write your own 'Dear men on the left,' or any other piece, please get in touch!
CW for the article: R*pe
https://www.bulseye.co.uk/features/First-Edition/Dear-Men-on-the-Left%2C-
Dear Men on the Left, by Jennifer Maidment
Check it out! 👇
Our words haven’t changed by Joshua Williams
Today we launch the first issue of our Birmingham Labour Society magazine, Bulseye. We’ve got a variety of content, from the BLM movement to the upcoming presidential election. You can check it out on Bulseye.co.uk! Don’t forget if you want to write for us in the future get in touch and we’ll get you started 😊
http://www.bulseye.co.uk/submit
We can’t wait to see all your ideas! 🌹🎯
Hey, I’m Meg and I’m the new Co-editor of BulsEye. I enjoyed my time as chair of BULS and I’m excited for a new challenge. Setting up this publication and working with this amazing team of people has been fab so far. Everyone is so committed and eager to bring something new to the journalism table at UoB. I’m really looking forward to seeing what we can all do together.
Hello all! We are going to be a part of a big shift in UOB’s political climate, offering a place for Lefties to organise like never before. However, we don’t just want to write for ourselves, but for the whole of UOB. If you’re on the fence, we’ll convince you to hop off onto our side; if you’re a Lib Dem (if we can reach whatever corner of campus you hide in) or a Tory, we’ll try and have you singing the Red Flag by September!
Hi, I’m Alex and I am head of design at BulsEye. I’m really excited to be working with the fantastic BulsEye team to make your voice heard and present and promote a wide range of views in the new magazine.
Ben: Comment Editor
As the Comment Editor of BulsEye, I hope to provide for a very broad scope of opinion articles on the issues of the day. It is a strength, not a weakness, to read and understand arguments we instinctively disagree with. More than ever, when trying to make sense of our current political climate. If you have an interesting take, then don’t hesitate and write for this section.
Hey, I’m Jennifer, the features editor. This is such an exciting opportunity for us to campaign and mobilise. We can all learn from each other and maybe even have friends instead of fractions. Please submit your work, the power of the left is its roots and the voices of those who are involved, make your voice heard! Cannot wait to read you pieces, and work with this team to make BulsEye fabulous.
Jude: Economics Editor
Hi! I’m really looking forward to editing the economics section of BulsEye. Students and young people overwhelmingly backed Labour at recent general elections, and currently there isn’t a voice on campus to accurately reflect this - something which we’re hoping to change.
Hey everyone it’s time to meet the team!
Hi! I’m Lewis, editor of our world section. I’m really excited to be getting involved with BulsEye and looking forward to seeing what we can achieve. This is a great opportunity for the UoB left and everyone is welcome to come and join the conversation
On the 25th June, the day marking George Orwell’s birthday, we will be launching a magazine… BulsEye!
This is a huge moment for the UOB Left, as the magazine will offer a great opportunity for us to organise in a way that hasn't been possible before.
We would love to share this moment with you by inviting you to enter an art competition so that you can get your work shown the home page of our online launch!
You can be as creative as you want, but must make your submission suitable for a left-wing publication.
All you have to do to win is:
- Be a member of BULS to qualify
- Send your submission to [email protected]
- Make your submission a JPEG, PNG or PDF
The competition ends on the 10th of June - good luck! 🎯
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