If you can’t even remember the last time you believed in love then Meet Cute, a collection of short stories edited by Jennifer L. Armentrout, is just the kind of book you need. In a smart, sensitive way Meet Cute not only proves that young people can and do understand what love is, but alsoContinue reading “[Review] ‘Meet Cute’ – It really could happen to you”
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It’s Been 10 YEARS Since "Mean Girls"? I Am Old. (Or: "Boo!, You Whore")
I remember the first time I watched Mean Girls, I was at a sleepover at a friend’s house. It was the end of our Grade 7 year, and we were taking the weekend to celebrate. Mostly, we just couldn’t wait to be in high school: at the time, having Grade 8 status seemed like theContinue reading “It’s Been 10 YEARS Since "Mean Girls"? I Am Old. (Or: "Boo!, You Whore")”
The Blurb Made Me Do It: Fat – A Love Story (In Which Age Is Not Just A Number, and I Give Away the Ending)
On the back of this Barbara Wersba book is an extract which reads: “Getting fat is really a feminist act… It is a challenge to sex-role stereotyping and our concept of womanhood.”I just had to read the rest of the book to find out what the story really was- I like reading most things aboutContinue reading “The Blurb Made Me Do It: Fat – A Love Story (In Which Age Is Not Just A Number, and I Give Away the Ending)”
From Nickelodeon To the Billboard Hot 100 – Ariana Grande
I had been hearing the name “Ariana Grande” bandied about for some time, and it had been appearing on some Tumblr reposts I came across for quite some time, but it was only after I saw this video that I understood why: http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/_sV0S8qWSy0&source=uds Ariana has quite a voice! She does the “early noughties throwback pop”Continue reading “From Nickelodeon To the Billboard Hot 100 – Ariana Grande”
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