Around this time last year, I noticed that Love Actually, aka Notting Hill With Added Black People! was a trending topic on Twitter. I’d seen that it was showing on ITV1 that evening, so of course, I clicked the hashtag to see what people were saying about it. Somehow this innocuous little movie manages to divide people as if it [...]
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Posted in Culture, Literature, London, Movies, Television Also tagged Film, Love Actually, Meme, Richard Curtis, Sigh, Twitter 1 Comment
Judas in an R’n'B Club
Yesterday my Walkman – no iPods here, thank you very much - threw up a blast from the past – No Doubt’s excellent Just a Girl from their classic 1995 album Tragic Kingdom. On the track, Gwen Stefani sings: “This world is forcing me/To hold your hand… I’m just a girl, all pretty and petite/So don’t let [...]
Posted in Career, Identity, Music, Society Also tagged Feminism, Gwen Stefani, Nelly Furtado, Popular Culture, Women 5 Comments
