Category Archives: Celebrity & Media

+ The evolution of Sugababes from a band into a brand

Above is the new music video for Get Sexy a song that samples Right Said Fred no less! It just struck me as so, so, SO, far away from their roots as a quirky and unique band. When the band began in 1998 they were famed for their low-key music videos and laidback style. Their [...]

+ Sydney, Australia

My little visit here (just three days) taught me a few lessons! The first lesson is one I keep learning time and time again – booking the cheapest hostel I can find on Hostelbookers might be good for my bank balance but more often than not defeats the object of travelling. Staying in the shittier [...]

+ Celebrity Nepotism

Want to be a famous hipster in this day and age? No worries, all you need is a famous mother/father/sister/brother/boyfriend!! it seems that these days there’s a fast-track to notoriety and adulation in the tabloids and glossy magazines. Countless young starlets who grace the covers of Nylon, Dazed & Confused and gossip columns of tabloid [...]

+ Look But Don’t Touch

Alesha Dixon of Mis-Teeq fame’s documentary about the perils of retouching in the media and its influence on contemporary perceptions of beauty aired as part of BBC3’s Beauty Season this Monday. Her persistence in investigating the increasingly narrow ‘acceptable’ norms of ideal female beauty highlighted just how artificial the images we see every day the [...]

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