Nostalgia can sneak up on you, whacking you on the backside and calling you sweetheart before you’ve even had a chance to utter your first name. For some of us it’s a smell, for others, the theme song of a forgotten kids TV show – today I read an article that purported the revival of … Continue reading Carry On…Revival?
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Fifties fashion…
The 'Sandra Dee' We're all familiar with sickly sweet Sandy in the 1978 musical Grease, but what about her style? I'm not talking the post-makeover Sandy, who stomps out her cigarette as the camera pans up her lithe legs, clad in black leather-look material. No, I'm talking about her slightly less seductive clothing, it might … Continue reading Fifties fashion…
Segre-Gay-Tion? No thanks!
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past week or so, you’d have noticed a ripple within the LGBT community. Last week, a Manchester charity unveiled plans to open a state school dedicated to the support of lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender (LGBT) pupils. Upon reading this news, I felt fiercely protective over … Continue reading Segre-Gay-Tion? No thanks!
Fractured Feminism: Keep your friends close but your feminism closer…
Feminism to me means fighting. It's a very nuanced, complex thing, but at the very core of it I'm a feminist because I don't think being a girl limits me in any way. - Tavi Gevinson I can’t fathom why people are ashamed of being female. Furthermore, it baffles me as to why more women … Continue reading Fractured Feminism: Keep your friends close but your feminism closer…
Besotted with burlesque…
For a long, long time now I have adored burlesque. Not just for the incomprehensibly beautiful women – although I don’t mind them, or course – but for the glamour, the tease, the mischief, the music, the movement, the art of it. Obviously, as a lesbian, I love burlesque for the beautiful women too, but that’s not what it’s all … Continue reading Besotted with burlesque…
Plus-size Media Likes Big Butts (And Telling Lies)
A past article written by me for Reprobait Magazine. If you want to see a full list of my articles, please click here. You might recall the feeling as you look back on a “plus sized” childhood – skulking into a specialist plus size shop with eyes cast downwards, the embarrassment overwhelming. Trawling through rails … Continue reading Plus-size Media Likes Big Butts (And Telling Lies)
Not a half-hearted attempt…
I try, honestly I do. As with many things that I undertake, they always end up not quite right. Eyeliner Every day I slick on my cat-eye eyeliner with the hope of looking like a pin up girl. And every day I find that it goes wrong. As with any other user of liquid eyeliner, … Continue reading Not a half-hearted attempt…
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