by thevagenda
Rather than being any kind of lazy attempt at making music devoid of creative input, the cover version is a powerful opportunity to reinterpret and re-explore something tried and tested, or even something less well known, all through the conscious act of the artist’s selection. Although covers (or even tribute bands) can be frankly cringe-worthy, […]
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So, I have a close male friend who is in the Army. As a matter of fact, I am also in the Army, but no, this isn’t going to be your workaday rant about sexism or an excess of lad culture in the forces. In my experience, the British Army’s zero-tolerance policy to any form […]
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‘A paragraph should be like a lady’s skirt: long enough to cover the essentials, but short enough to keep it interesting.’ – Anon In light of the above quote, I am quite certain that I often make intense literary criticism with my skirts. I philosophise with my culottes. I perform interpretive dance with my cut-off […]
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I’ve been meaning to write about this issue for Now magazine for about two weeks, but I haven’t, because I have been on a diet, and have felt lightheaded most of the time. I realise that this is a rubbish thing for someone who writes frequently about body image to be admitting, but the truth […]
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All too often, I find amongst my female friends that the idea of travelling alone without a trusty male companion is deemed a total no-go, lest your alluring three-day-no-shower look and sunburn garners threaten unwanted attention. Well, fuck me (consensually). I’m not even that into travelling and I find that annoying. The mere idea that […]
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I don’t remember the first time my breasts, or lack thereof, really entered my consciousness – though I do recall placing two rather large grapefruits inside my top, age eight, and showing off my newly acquired assets to my grandmother. After laughing for what seemed like an hour she told me to stop being ridiculous; […]
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Ever since my teenage years, I have enjoyed going for the occasional run in my spare time. However, it wasn’t until this year that I started devoting more time and energy to the sport, and I currently aim to run about three times a week. In theory, running is a sport for everyone. It’s cheap, […]
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You know what I think would be interesting? Giving lots of people a piece of paper with ‘Taylor Swift’ written in the middle and an instruction to complete five minutes of automatic writing. Would anyone care to place bets regarding how many times ‘crazy ex-girlfriend’ is written? Or perhaps – horror of horrors – ‘teen […]
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by thevagenda
Kim Kardashian is a slender and beautiful woman. She was slender and beautiful when she first entered the public consciousness, slender and beautiful when Kanye West first met her and slender and beautiful when he proposed to her. She’s just really hot. I think we can all agree on that. As far as the media has it, most […]
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Was there ever a more tantalising coverline than ‘GWYNETH’S DISTURBING MELTDOWN’? If so, I haven’t seen it. Even the ‘BEYONCE MARRIAGE MELTDOWN’ (e-acute was missing, natch) of a few weeks back failed to plough the depths of female celebrity suffering to the standard that I have come to associate with Grazia. Thankfully, they are back […]
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by thevagenda
They’re there. In the trolley. With the pork loins, the lemon curd and the Hovis Best of Both. You unload your items onto the conveyer belt with frenzied haste, concealing that little box of disgrace in a tent-like structure of sausages. The structural integrity of the sausage-packet-tent is compromised as the conveyer belt jerks forwards. […]
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Carol Dyhouse is the author of Girl Trouble: Panic and Progress in the History of Young Women, a book which, essentially, could be called a history of unladylike behaviour. Ranging from the Suffragists to Kate Moss with the all smoking, all-dancing, scandalously dressed ‘brazen flappers’ and Courtney Love falling somewhere in-between, Girl Trouble is a 20th […]
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