Posts categorised in : Rant
October 28, 2014 - Written by: Cas Sutherland
There’s been a LOT of controversy around the FCKH8 video since its release last week. Personally, I was amazed and delighted by 95% of my initial viewing of the video. I loved the way stereotypes were being challenged, that young women were given the agency of freely using one of my favourite words repeatedly, and, most of all, that the... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Fire me up baby! Rant Wise up!
October 6, 2014 - Written by: Yazmin Joy
FKA Twigs received some pretty nasty-ass racist abuse on Twitter the other week by some perplexed K-Stew fans who couldn’t understand how Rob Pattinson could find the singer attractive. ‘You’re a monkey abortion,’ one person tweeted. Charming. ‘Is it really impossible to believe that Rob went out with this monkey,’ commented another apparent Twilight fan – who evidently struggles with life... Read the rest of this post...
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September 26, 2014 - Written by: Becky Solomon
I can’t help it. I’m a considerate person okay! My absolute pet peeve is when someone dumps their stuff on an empty seat next to them on a full train or bus. I can’t begin to tell you how much this winds me up. (Image via) I once saw I man put his laptop bag on the seat next to him whilst... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Rant
September 15, 2014 - Written by: Yazmin Joy
It was a normal Tuesday morning in London. I was in a rather pleasent mood as I trundled towards the Tube on my way to work, simply minding my own business. I think commuter time is good thinking time, so I was contemplating some of my plans for the day, waiting for the Piccadilly Line when out of nowhere this... Read the rest of this post...
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September 12, 2014 - Written by: Becky Solomon
It’s quite possible I come from the proudest county in England, where you can go abroad and still find people chanting ‘YORKSHIRE’ if you identify that there’s more than 3 of you in the vicinity. I don’t know where this comes from, only that most of us our proud of where we are from (maybe because we know there’s some... Read the rest of this post...
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September 1, 2014 - Written by: Yazmin Joy
Someone asked us, at aliljoy, to write a piece on Nicki Minaj and her music video ‘Anaconda’. So I am going to spend a few minutes writing on Nicki Minaj and her music video ‘Anaconda’. Now bums don’t really offend me, I mean I have one, you have one, we all have one. But what has come to my attention is... Read the rest of this post...
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August 27, 2014 - Written by: Guest Blogger
Giving to charity has suddenly become very self-indulgent. As I scan my newsfeed and I see many friends soaking themselves in icy water in order to spread awareness of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis I wonder why it is we have to do attention-grabbing acts in order to want help a fellow human being. I would firstly like to congratulate the ALS... Read the rest of this post...
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August 6, 2014 - Written by: Beth Teverson
A few months ago, a friend and I both got jobs that required us to dress in the usual ‘office attire’. Having been students all our live long lives, we decided now was the time to invest in some new clothes: exciting, right?
Let’s go shopping!
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July 28, 2014 - Written by: Yazmin Joy
So there I am hanging out at the fruit & veg aisle of the supermarket, you know, buying groceries. When out of the blue a complete stranger approaches… Stranger: Hi. Me: Hi. Stranger: Sooooo where are you from? Me: Me? Stranger: Yeah. Me: I’m from Cornwall. Stranger: I mean originally. Me: Cornwall. Stranger (getting annoyed): No I mean, where were... Read the rest of this post...
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July 22, 2014 - Written by: Becky Solomon
I have been eating rubbish food ever since I can remember. When I was younger, I would be made to sit at the table until I finished vegetables that would make me want to vom. Everyone said I would grow out of it. I didn’t so much grow out of the green vegetable hating. I just found more foods that... Read the rest of this post...
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