An apology

Last term, a Catnip article was published that led to hurt and offence from several members of the Imperial community. Whilst we would typically name the offending issue and article, I have elected not to, to prevent the article from gaining notoriety, as well as fanning the flames of "discussion", where Felix readers would elect to pick a side and argue vociferously about who was in the right. Ultimately, it doesn't matter. The article came across very badly, and was perceived to target the LGBTQ+ community, despite the authors of the article being a part of the community themselves. In essence, it was a joke in poor taste that made light of things that didn't need to be joked about, and for that, I, and Felix, apologise.

To ensure that this doesn't happen again, we've implemented a secondary sense check for Catnip articles in the future. Typically, I copyedit Catnip articles and sense check to ensure we don't push the envelope into offence or gross obscenity, but from now on a secondary editor will check in case I miss something out.