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21/05/2022

The voice-raising, finger-pointing, man-hating bitch. Such has long been the image conjured up by the term ‘feminist’. Perhaps she’s nit-picky—she complains at any chance she gets, from the chores she finds oppressive to the tweets she finds offensive. Or perhaps she’s rash, hating all men for the actions of some. That, however, is besides the point, for no matter what inconvenience the feminist has latched onto, it seems she cannot engage in any sort of activism with a level head. The supposed existence of the raging feminist makes it seem like all feminists have only one thing on their agenda: anger.

Anger: that righteous feeling that births nations, forges freedom, keeps society churning. It flourishes in the hand of man to protect us from danger and injustice. Masculine anger is a catalyst for change, painting those brave enough to wield it with praise and glory. Yet the case is different for women.

https://www.theoasislmh.com/blog/embracing-the-revolution-girl-style

21/05/2022

Picking up a copy of Cherwell, The Oxford Student, or opening The Oxford Blue website precedes a tidal wave of banality, a suffocating fug of lunkheaded prose and repetitive, ‘safe’ articles. It rarely feels exciting.

Perhaps I’m being unfair. As local publications, they are obliged to cover some of the necessarily mundane goings-on of Oxford. What is beyond dispute is that our publications are filled with such headlines as ‘BRITISH CULTURE’S OBSESSION WITH ANDY MURRAY’S RETIREMENT’ (Cherwell), ‘CADBURIES DON’T CARE ABOUT VEGANS AND WE ARE ALL WORSE OFF FOR IT’ (Blue), and ‘RONALDO VS. MESSI, THE ULTIMATE FOOTBALL DEBATE’ (remarkably, this was in the ‘News’ section of The Oxford Student).

Taken individually, these are fluffy, benign articles with miniscule numbers of interested readers. Harmless. But they are swiftly dull in large quantities, and ultimately unsatisfying. They do not fulfil what I believe the role of the newspaper should be: To question, inform, provoke, debate and entertain. Performing that role requires the lively discussion of contested, controversial topics (never forget that a topic is usually controversial because it matters). This is not happening.

https://www.theoasislmh.com/blog/why-are-the-oxford-newspapers-so-dull

14/05/2022

Why Socialism - By Eliott Plainview

It’s that time again—another narcissistic Oxford leftist is going to try to seduce you with all the utopian promises of Socialism that you never asked for. On the bright side, I’m not a PPEist. Irony aside, I think that infusing some clarity into the dialogue around socialism might be useful, and I get to turn the Oasis into my personal left-wing propaganda channel in the process.

So let’s start with the basics: what is socialism? The settled view is that socialism broadly corresponds to a political and economic theory seeking collective ownership of the means of production. Everything else is up for debate.

So what exactly does our definition entail? In my view it means (at least) two things: (i) selective decommodification, and (ii) cooperative corporate structures. Big scary words, I know, bear with me.

https://www.theoasislmh.com/blog/why-socialism-a-response-to-danial-hussains-capitalist-fever-dream

Susan Blackmore was a fresher at Hilda’s suffering through Michaelmas. It was the tail end of the days of psychedelia an...
07/05/2022

Susan Blackmore was a fresher at Hilda’s suffering through Michaelmas. It was the tail end of the days of psychedelia and flower power, and cannabis was easy to obtain. After long days of lectures, tutes, and essay writing as a psychology student, Blackmore enjoyed both the heightened perceptions and lowered sense of humor that cannabis let loose.

One night, Blackmore “had smoked just enough to induce a mild synaesthesia” and felt a “sensation of rushing through a long, dark tunnel of rustling leaves towards a bright light. Soon, time and space had lost their meaning.” Sobering up, Blackmore found that nothing in her degree could remotely begin to cope with this experience. “We were learning about rats’ brains and memory mechanisms, not mind and consciousness – let alone a mind that could apparently leave its body and travel around without it.”

This out-of-body experience convinced Blackmore of the reality of psychic phenomena and launched her on a crusade to show the closed-minded scientists that consciousness could reach beyond the body and that death was not the end. This led Blackmore to pursue a PhD in parapsychology and spend years in Spiritualist churches where she wore New Age clothing and trained as a witch. Before she could consciously realize, being a paranormal believer became who she was. This belief was ingrained into her identity.

https://www.theoasislmh.com/blog/holding-our-identity-lightly

The ego is our identification of who ‘I’ is, and this is directly linked to the way we are conditioned. As discussed abo...
07/05/2022

The ego is our identification of who ‘I’ is, and this is directly linked to the way we are conditioned. As discussed above, the sense impressions (looks and feelings) of the body are deeply embedded into our conditioning. So when we think of ‘I’, we think of only our body; its looks (from an external perspective) and its sensory experiences. As such, we often think differently of people based on how they look, and how they make our body react. Do we get a dopamine rush around them? Or a sense of acrimony. Are they ‘good-looking’? Our ego is keeping us back from looking beyond doing things to improve our looks, or activities which give us instant body satisfaction.

https://www.theoasislmh.com/blog/conditioning-and-the-ego

It is easy, and many do, to just show the benefits of entrepreneurialism. The stacks of cash, private jets and fancy car...
07/03/2022

It is easy, and many do, to just show the benefits of entrepreneurialism. The stacks of cash, private jets and fancy cars are synonymous with what a successful entrepreneur is now. But using social media does not illustrate the possible decades of dedication and sacrifice to get to that point of success. As a result, it can make people see all the benefits, and none of the costs, creating a perception that you can achieve this grand success without any hardship. Such a representation seems enticing but it is hardly realistic.

https://www.theoasislmh.com/blog/the-misrepresentation-of-the-entrepreneur

Religious practices are usually explained in terms of religious beliefs, so it makes sense that many atheists understand...
06/03/2022

Religious practices are usually explained in terms of religious beliefs, so it makes sense that many atheists understand it that way too: if the beliefs are seen as ‘delusional’, then so are the practices. But understanding the passion of religion by debating the existence of a supernatural being is as useful as understanding the passion of football by studying the movements of the ball.

https://www.theoasislmh.com/blog/a-rational-view-of-religion

“God is dead. And we killed him.” Studying religious critics in year 12, texts like Nietzsche’s brutally stripped my dee...
26/02/2022

“God is dead. And we killed him.” Studying religious critics in year 12, texts like Nietzsche’s brutally stripped my deepest beliefs of their protective cocoon. That cocoon had been formed by the Christian culture I was brought up in and made the existence of the Christian God axiomatic to me. It was not like I gave up on religion after reading those texts. But, that cocoon was gone. My fundamental beliefs were now exposed to critical thinking.

https://www.theoasislmh.com/blog/looking-beyond-christian-hypocrisy

An identification of privilege combined with the power to dominate others through discourse (denoting certain groups as ...
26/02/2022

An identification of privilege combined with the power to dominate others through discourse (denoting certain groups as consequently bad) exacerbates the human potential for tribalism. Given the anonymity which social media can offer, this is accompanied by a loss of self-restraint and an increase in mob mentality.

https://www.theoasislmh.com/blog/tiktok-and-the-shaping-of-online-discourse

‘But no amount of distance between a perpetrator and their victim can diminish their responsibility for what they’ve don...
19/02/2022

‘But no amount of distance between a perpetrator and their victim can diminish their responsibility for what they’ve done. Similarly, Britain’s lack of physical proximity to past colonies simply cannot justify the degree of negligence we put in our shared colonial history, especially in our public education.’

https://www.theoasislmh.com/blog/the-whitewashing-of-britains-colonial-past

‘Results of constraint to simplicity, lack of resources and even happy accidents all have been popularised to the point ...
19/02/2022

‘Results of constraint to simplicity, lack of resources and even happy accidents all have been popularised to the point that a style has been made out of them. Entire genres and artistic styles are therefore born from the sheer process of independent music creation.’

https://www.theoasislmh.com/blog/why-i-record-music-at-home

Very few viewers could accurately comment on the obscenity of big cat ownership or the importance of ecologically favour...
12/02/2022

Very few viewers could accurately comment on the obscenity of big cat ownership or the importance of ecologically favourable tiger conservation. Yet everyone seems to have strong, even polarising, views on the whereabouts of Carol Baskin’s ex-husband, Don Lewis. Rather than showing us what “correct” conservation is, the show exploits the messy narratives of the equally messy characters to keep us reeling for more.

https://www.theoasislmh.com/blog/tiger-king-the-lost-opportunity

On Shabbat, Jewish believers meet in a synagogue and each of them makes a confession. First, the rabbi says, “Oh my god ...
12/02/2022

On Shabbat, Jewish believers meet in a synagogue and each of them makes a confession. First, the rabbi says, “Oh my god I am nobody. God, I am not worthy of your attention.” Then, a rich merchant says, “God, I am also a nobody. I am not even worthy of your attention.” Finally, a peasant stands up and says, “oh God, I am also a nobody.” The rich merchant then kicks the rabbi, and says to him, “who is this guy who can also say he’s a nobody?”

https://www.theoasislmh.com/blog/redefining-privilege

11/02/2022

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The voice-raising, finger-pointing, man-hating bitch. Such has long been the image conjured up by the term ‘feminist’. Perhaps she’s nit-picky—she complains at any chance she gets, from the chores she finds oppressive to the tweets she finds offensive. Or perhaps she’s rash, hating all men for the actions of some. That, however, is besides the point, for no matter what inconvenience the feminist has latched onto, it seems she cannot engage in any sort of activism with a level head. The supposed existence of the raging feminist makes it seem like all feminists have only one thing on their agenda: anger. Anger: that righteous feeling that births nations, forges freedom, keeps society churning. It flourishes in the hand of man to protect us from danger and injustice. Masculine anger is a catalyst for change, painting those brave enough to wield it with praise and glory. Yet the case is different for women. https://www.theoasislmh.com/blog/embracing-the-revolution-girl-style

Picking up a copy of Cherwell, The Oxford Student, or opening The Oxford Blue website precedes a tidal wave of banality, a suffocating fug of lunkheaded prose and repetitive, ‘safe’ articles. It rarely feels exciting. Perhaps I’m being unfair. As local publications, they are obliged to cover some of the necessarily mundane goings-on of Oxford. What is beyond dispute is that our publications are filled with such headlines as ‘BRITISH CULTURE’S OBSESSION WITH ANDY MURRAY’S RETIREMENT’ (Cherwell), ‘CADBURIES DON’T CARE ABOUT VEGANS AND WE ARE ALL WORSE OFF FOR IT’ (Blue), and ‘RONALDO VS. MESSI, THE ULTIMATE FOOTBALL DEBATE’ (remarkably, this was in the ‘News’ section of The Oxford Student). Taken individually, these are fluffy, benign articles with miniscule numbers of interested readers. Harmless. But they are swiftly dull in large quantities, and ultimately unsatisfying. They do not fulfil what I believe the role of the newspaper should be: To question, inform, provoke, debate and entertain. Performing that role requires the lively discussion of contested, controversial topics (never forget that a topic is usually controversial because it matters). This is not happening. https://www.theoasislmh.com/blog/why-are-the-oxford-newspapers-so-dull

Why Socialism - By Eliott Plainview It’s that time again—another narcissistic Oxford leftist is going to try to seduce you with all the utopian promises of Socialism that you never asked for. On the bright side, I’m not a PPEist. Irony aside, I think that infusing some clarity into the dialogue around socialism might be useful, and I get to turn the Oasis into my personal left-wing propaganda channel in the process. So let’s start with the basics: what is socialism? The settled view is that socialism broadly corresponds to a political and economic theory seeking collective ownership of the means of production. Everything else is up for debate. So what exactly does our definition entail? In my view it means (at least) two things: (i) selective decommodification, and (ii) cooperative corporate structures. Big scary words, I know, bear with me. https://www.theoasislmh.com/blog/why-socialism-a-response-to-danial-hussains-capitalist-fever-dream

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