If anyone isn’t familiar with my all-time favourite fictional character, Lorelai Gilmore, where have you been? Lorelai Gilmore, who is played by Lauren Graham, is a 30 something year old character who shares an Inn with her best friend Sookie St. James. Much to Lorelai’s parents’ annoyance, she got pregnant at sixteen and had Rory, who is named after her mother of course, as Lorelai was lyin...
Read More »In a world without COVID-19, this weekend would have marked one week before the 2021 Met Gala. In a normal non-pandemic world this week would have been packed full of nail and hair appointments for the socialites of the celeb world as they prepare for “fashion’s biggest night out” as VOGUE affectionately labels it. Unfortunately due to COVID-19 restrictions that are still in place globally, the in...
Read More »As awards season came to a close at the 93rd Oscars award ceremony, history was made for womankind. Chloé Zhao became the first Asian woman and the second female to ever win the prestige Academy Award for Best Director for her incredible film, Nomadland. Zhao became the winner of the biggest achievement for directing as her film Nomadland stole the heart of the Academy last night at the 93rd...
Read More »First on my summer must-have lists would have to be halter necks… Halter necked tops have been an essential in my mother’s wardrobe for as long as I remember. Growing up, I always thought it was a bit questionable as to why she always swore by a halter neck for going out for drinks with the girls. But this summer, I will happily be following in my mother’s footsteps as I am obsessed with the neckl...
Read More »Week 1 of changing my spending habits has been both positive and relatively easy. It has been a period of further reflection on old habits, and a chance to practice mindfulness as a way of improving my decision making. It has now been just over a week since I stopped buying and consuming unnecessary material things, things that I want but don’t need and things sold or marketed to me through a webs...
Read More »Identity is an important part of being human. But in an online world full of perfect pictures, and with many of us now split between our true selves and an online persona, maintaining an identity that is simply not real can become habitual, harmful and unsustainable. Why do we buy things? Well, of course, we need some things in order to survive – shelter, food, drink, warm clothes, fuel and ...
Read More »The Modern World has been designed to make us spend our money. By taking advantage of our ancient brain and its desire for instant gratification, marketeers and product designers have found a way to make us spending addicts. The human brain was not designed for the modern world. Our brains are ancient and have remained almost entirely unchanged for millennia. This means that they still work as the...
Read More »This afternoon I decided to unfollow all clothing brands and retailers on social media and have started to unsubscribe from mailing lists as and when I receive emails. I have taken a step which should help me to stop buying and consuming unnecessary material things, things that I want but don’t need and things sold or marketed to me through a website or app. The step stems from a principle outline...
Read More »I am no longer buying or consuming unnecessary material things, things that I want but don’t need, and things sold or marketed to me through a website or app. This Blog will document my experiences. A very long time ago somebody very important decided that the year should begin in the middle of winter, and somebody else decided that the changing of said year would be a great time to make life chan...
Read More »If OnlyFans creators are victims of ‘slut shaming’, why aren’t the people who fund this lifestyle victims too? In the year 2021, it could be assumed that the world is a more accepting place than it has been ever before, however it seems as though sex workers have been left behind in the path of acceptance. Sex workers have been victims of ‘slut-shaming’ since before the phrase even existed, ...
Read More »Summary: Today’s Newsday started off with an Editorial Meeting at 10am where we discussed how we will each be graded on the module. We were also informed that Audrey, a guest speaker from the previous live week, would be coming in and working with the class from 2-5pm. After this discussion, it was time to focus on the Newsday. At 11am, it was decided that Yasmine would be the class editor for the...
Read More »On looking back to our first week of live shows for the interactive journalism module, I believe the progression made can be clear to see. At the beginning of the week we were all very hesitant about what was expected of us and how working remotely would be successful. We also had to get used to operating the equipment and software’s again after months of not using them. By the end of the we...
Read More »Roles: In Class: Yasmine – presenter Juliana – vision mixer Mahira – audio and autocue Ameera – director Offsite: Reporters: Jada Arun Kika Isabella Craig Seyi Miryam Uno Adan Summary: Today’s day started off with the class gathering at 10am to discuss the show. The director for the day decided to produce a social media show instead of a regular news sho...
Read More »Roles: In Class: Seyi – presenter Mahira – Director Yasmine – sound/autocue Yasser – Vision mixer Offsite: Uno and Alessia – Social Media Bulletins Jada, Juliana and Kika – News Bulletins Georgina and Miriyam – International Bulletins Arun and Adan -Reporter Summary: For today’s show, we gathered at 10 am like usual to discuss the...
Read More »As today was our first radio show this semester, the way our Newsday was structured – differed from the rest of the week. Roles: Newsreader: Charlie Scrase GROUP A Editor: Yasser Iqbal Deputy Editor: Miriam Rafo Newsroom Producer: Adan Wardhere Reporters: Uno Baker, Josh Mbu, Pedro Bisso, Yasmine Taviot GROUP B Editor: Marinka Gamtsemlidze Deputy Editor: Saffron Cut...
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