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Atlanta Tsiaoukkas
Jan 104 min read
Girlhood in Review - What's in and out for the girl in 2025?
2024 has been the year pop music made a strong comeback, cute aesthetics reigned supreme, and everyone discovered Sonny Angels. Being a girl
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![Seeking Connection and Celebrating Solitude: My time solo travelling](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2cefd8_b45693299a4a4115af135be0a04e0722~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/2cefd8_b45693299a4a4115af135be0a04e0722~mv2.webp)
Izzy Lepone
Jan 33 min read
Seeking Connection and Celebrating Solitude: My time solo travelling
When I left the UK to travel across Australia in January 2024, I had no concrete plans to guide my journey and no real expectations about
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![Celebrity infidelity: How do Hollywood’s cheaters get away with it?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2cefd8_526d683c3d17407ea17d6b47eb07c432~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/2cefd8_526d683c3d17407ea17d6b47eb07c432~mv2.webp)
Charlotte Lewis
Dec 28, 20245 min read
Celebrity infidelity: How do Hollywood’s cheaters get away with it?
A tale as old as time itself: people cheat. The public’s usual response is to reprimand the cheater and console the victim.
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![Surgical curation of the self: The obsession with Instagram dump culture](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2cefd8_760e311412874a4484c7ce2d9cd6ce0f~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/2cefd8_760e311412874a4484c7ce2d9cd6ce0f~mv2.webp)
Rhea Patel
Oct 17, 20244 min read
Surgical curation of the self: The obsession with Instagram dump culture
The last few years have seen a cultural shift in social media whereby people are sharing excessively, blurring the private and public parts
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![Growing Pains…and Racist Tweets?: The Racist past of influencers](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2cefd8_ab13bff976da44febeedec6e8d40dbef~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/2cefd8_ab13bff976da44febeedec6e8d40dbef~mv2.webp)
Elohor Efakpokire
Oct 15, 20244 min read
Growing Pains…and Racist Tweets?: The Racist past of influencers
Many of us have been made privy to the racist past of white influencers and celebs online. Is this merely a part of coming of age? Or emblem
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![The Summer Girl Industrial Complex: A Bratrospective](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2cefd8_2fb766d8e9e443dab4ad4a8246d37d45~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/2cefd8_2fb766d8e9e443dab4ad4a8246d37d45~mv2.webp)
Atlanta Tsiaoukkas
Sep 4, 20244 min read
The Summer Girl Industrial Complex: A Bratrospective
First came hot girl summer, and then the feral girls took over - white boys and rat boys got some press, but undeniably this year was brat g
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![“Demure” trend: A fun bit or repackaged “quiet luxury”?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2cefd8_c8e8faff8e054aa4942ca239091a3644~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/2cefd8_c8e8faff8e054aa4942ca239091a3644~mv2.webp)
Elohor Efakpokire
Sep 2, 20244 min read
“Demure” trend: A fun bit or repackaged “quiet luxury”?
Say goodbye to 'Brat' summer; it's time for a 'demure' fall. The new TikTok trend , "very demure, very mindful," has gained significant trac
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![Do We All Really Need Therapy?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2cefd8_4ea800cd11d649f583a957718c5613e6~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/2cefd8_4ea800cd11d649f583a957718c5613e6~mv2.webp)
Atlanta Tsiaoukkas
Jul 24, 20245 min read
Do We All Really Need Therapy?
The internet is obsessed with therapy. TikTok therapists go viral for their takes on wellbeing and relationships. Gaslight (gatekeep, girlbo
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Chantelle Weir
Jun 5, 20244 min read
Orebella by Bella Hadid: Cash Grab or Authentic Fragrance Revolution?
Bella Hadid, the fashion icon and supermodel, launched her new perfume brand, Orebella, in May 2024. The brand offers three scents: Window2s
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![Death of The ‘Tween’: Has The Obsession With Anti-Ageing Wiped Out Pre-Teen Culture?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2cefd8_457c2e9db91e49128fd9d406f95107b5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/2cefd8_457c2e9db91e49128fd9d406f95107b5~mv2.webp)
Holly McPhee
Mar 6, 20244 min read
Death of The ‘Tween’: Has The Obsession With Anti-Ageing Wiped Out Pre-Teen Culture?
The ‘disappearance of tweens’ has been gaining traction across TikTok with ‘Sephora kids’ being at the centre of the conversation. Videos de
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![Life after graduation](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2cefd8_0e6c0bdf2353473ab7bfcc508c6f126a~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/2cefd8_0e6c0bdf2353473ab7bfcc508c6f126a~mv2.webp)
Georgia Burns
Feb 5, 20243 min read
Life after graduation
University life offers an unparalleled experience. It's a realm of newfound freedom, away from the familiar confines of home. The absence of
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![Mental vs Physical Pain: What hurts most?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2cefd8_3c12be53c2484446b1c215a868cfbd21~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/2cefd8_3c12be53c2484446b1c215a868cfbd21~mv2.webp)
Imogen Hua-Zou
Jan 31, 20248 min read
Mental vs Physical Pain: What hurts most?
When I look back on my life there is one word which comes to mind.
Pain.
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Georgia Burns
Dec 19, 20232 min read
It's 2023 and Body Shaming Persists : The internet's disgraceful commentary on Jorja Smith's body
Body shaming is a persistent and deeply concerning issue that continues to invade society despite many attempts to foster body positivity an
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Elliot Carpenter
Dec 18, 20232 min read
Christmas: An Event Planner’s Nightmare
Back in the good old days, when Christmas was a magical season of joy and family time.
Regretfully, we’re no longer six years old.
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Katie Coxall
Dec 13, 20233 min read
Female Helpers: What does the feminisation of AI say about modern gender roles?
Then came Amazon’s ‘Alexa’ and Microsoft’s ‘Cortana’. With the swift use of an activation term said aloud by the user (sometimes the program
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![WHERING App : The intersection of Fashion and Technology](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2cefd8_2ae43522107d4a10a826dfd3ba424b45~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/2cefd8_2ae43522107d4a10a826dfd3ba424b45~mv2.webp)
LeviKaye
Dec 6, 20234 min read
WHERING App : The intersection of Fashion and Technology
But how does it work? Let's explore how this modern-day Barbie dress-up alternative can save those last-minute fit panics, and plan out week
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Lily Bell
Nov 24, 20233 min read
The Winter Food Bank Crisis
As the days get shorter and the afternoons darker, many enjoy this time to socialise with friends, go on nights out and celebrate the countd
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Jessica Hough
Nov 22, 20234 min read
Autumn/Winter 2023 fashion trends
As we enter November, the crisp, cold air foreshadows the winter to come and waves goodbye to the haze of leaves still falling from the tree
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seanmxrph
Nov 19, 202313 min read
The Irish Diaspora: A People in Exile
Dedicated to my friends and their friends who left home for the year and are yet to come back.
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Holly McPhee
Nov 5, 20235 min read
Let’s Talk: The Unrealistic Standards Set By Pornogr*phy
Pornographic artefacts have existed for thousands of years. Porn movies first became easily accessible in the 1920s and from the 1950s onwar
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