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Who Made Your Pants?

May 21, 2012 by thevagenda

      I smudge eyeliner, and fall off heels, but ever since I was about 16, when a violet lace Wonderbra and a pair of 8 hole DMs made me feel like I could take on the world, I’ve loved underwear. There’s something about a pair of brilliant pants or a gorgeous bra that […]

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Whose Uterus is it Anyway?

May 20, 2012 by thevagenda

So, Kate Middleton. Love her, hate her or, like me, just feel a bit “meh” – you’ve got to feel sorry for the poor cow. I recently stumbled across a little gem from celebrity rag, Now Magazine  quoting the first couple of vacuous opinion, Richard and Judy, who basically think that Kate should crack on […]

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A Call for Hipper Hip Hop

May 20, 2012 by thevagenda

I have a confession to make. When the week is done, and I stagger home through half-deserted streets (who am I kidding, I live in London, I elbow my way through the mob) to home, my greatest desire post-Supernoodles is not to go to a literary salon. Or to take MDMA and listen to minimal […]

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Strip Clubs and Stag Nights

May 19, 2012 by thevagenda

Cheers for the photo I went to university just off Tottenham Court Road in London, so Spearmint Rhino was a daily reality for me. As news broke in my final year of more and more students turning to stripping and prostitution for student loan top-ups, the leering events promoters outside became an even more sinister […]

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Dick Flick of The Week

May 18, 2012 by thevagenda

10 Snapshots that should warrant the eternal rotting in hell of ‘Piranha 3DD’ (Yes, the title says it all.) What could be worse than a degrading, mushy chick flick? Oh, that’s right – a twenty-times-worse dick flick. Released this week, we have the hotly anticipated ‘Piranha 3DD’ (no, that’s not a typo) with a trailer […]

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What I learned from Grazia This Week

May 18, 2012 by thevagenda

    1. That the fugliest ever shoes to walk this earth, espadrilles, are still doing the rounds amongst the ‘Fash Pack’- when will these atrociously impractical monstrosities vanish from my sight forever? And will they takes the shoes with them?    2. Fleet, in Hampshire, is the UK’s vibrator capital, spending four times the […]

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Is it any wonder?

May 17, 2012 by thevagenda

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The International Economic Crisis

May 17, 2012 by thevagenda

…as explained by Kat’s Grandpa     My granddad loves to discuss politics, as in he loves to lecture all of us on what is really wrong with todays youth, immigrants, women and other underclass people.   Today I was lucky enough to be the only grandchild visiting, so got his full attention = 10 […]

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In Praise of the Burkini

May 17, 2012 by thevagenda

    What is liberating when it comes to swimwear?Swimwear. It must have been a relief when the voluminous large gowns with weights in began to shrink and become more form fitting, allowing women to move and swim freely. Then the ’40s brought us the revolution of the Bikini. Women’s bodies joyfully on show, free […]

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The Bikini Detox

May 17, 2012 by thevagenda

Earn your body’s forgiveness in just two weeks    Want to look at healthy as this? Follow my miracle two week detox diet    By Dr Goodweather (as imagined by Adam Bannister) Tinnitus, twitches, hiccups, itches, pins and needles, in-growing toenails, self-loathing, the vague, uneasy feeling that you’ve left the oven on and cancer are […]

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Aishwarya Rai- The Western Media is No Better

May 16, 2012 by thevagenda

    Much has been said about the western ideal to have a perfect body and the pressure to keep it like that. Very much. So much, in fact, that we are all weary not only of being told to be perfect, but weary of being told that we are being told to be perfect. […]

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Fairytale Uprising

May 16, 2012 by thevagenda

    Image by Dina Goldstein for the Fallen Princesses Project     Fable House Street of Libraries Unseen City Never-Never Land Dear Merlin, I am writing to you on behalf of the Arbitrators of the Patriarchy, in my official role as a representative of the Council of Fables. We have a serious breach occurring […]

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