Sunday the 14th of June is Manchester day! 2,600 people are expected to perform from around 100 Manchester based organisations, with 60,000 anticipated to line the streets of the city centre to cheer them, after the success of the 2014 parade. But the more the merrier, everyone is invited to apply to be part of the…
Gold for feminism.
In my opinion there’s no greater feminist success story than GoldieBlox. Goldieblox is a truly unique toy company created in 2012 by Debbie Sterling in California. Debbie Sterling is a female engineer. She has taken on the inspirational task of trying to introduce young girls to the concepts of mathematics, science and technology through play, as…
I’m not a Barbie girl.
Barbie is an institution, every second three Barbie dolls are sold around the world, that means a lot of coins metaphorically chinking in the bank of American toy company Mattel inc. Celebrating her 55th birthday Barbie is quite an old chick these days, she’s been around a while, gaining a vast knowledge about how the…
American rant.
Still scarred for life from the chaos of “Black Friday” it is evident that we Brits have gone Americanism crazy. Black Friday traditionally the day after Thanksgiving is the day American Christmas shopping supposedly commences. With discounts of up to seventy percent American’s go wild queuing all night to be the first in shops when…
A Tuesday at Geoffrey Manton
Week ten at Manchester Metropolitan University and Verity Carson has had yet another clumsy moment. This girl might as well be blonde! Basically I study Multimedia Journalism, (for those who don’t know) and on my course I have made good friends with Laura and Verity (and Ioan when he turns up after his nights out at ‘Bass Face’)….
H+M goes Wang.
From the announcement at Coachella in April of this year the anticipation surrounding Alexander Wang’s collection for H+M has been crazy. Thursday the 6th of November saw thousands of eager fashionistas queueing for fourty-eight hours plus just to be the first to get their hands on the collections most sought after pieces. http://www.hm.com/gb/wangxhm#women Over the…
Blogging VS Journalism
There is a fine cross over in the distinction of blogging and journalism, journalists sometimes complain that bloggers do not have the same qualifications as they do, as a blogger may be lacking in a degree, but where a degree lacks bloggers often make up for it in enthusiasm. A blogger may solely run a…
MMU Experience
Moving to Manchester for University has been the best decision I have ever made. The move was originally more daunting than expected with a mix up with my accomodation in the Birley Campus due to the townhouses not being finished in time. However the facilities for my course of Multimedia Journalism are particularly based in the…
Social media use..
I currently use Twitter slightly too avidly, sharing things a bit too personal, this is because it’s a quick easy way of updating my nearest and dearest with all my mishaps throughout the day. I used to be more of a Facebook person but when I realised the pros of Twitter e.g the fact news is at…
Alicia Hattersley Life 