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It’s a new soundtrack 💙 Here are the back covers and vault track titles for 1989 (my version) I can’t wait for this one to be out, seriously. Thank you for playing along, sleuthing, puzzling and making these reveals so much chaotic fun (which is the best kind of fun, after all 😜)
opinion: film over digital
I can not stress enough how disheartening it is when my friends tell me how much they feel like they've failed. These are accomplished, highly motivated, talented women who are constantly comparing themselves to others in the highly performative landscape that is being in your early twenties.
I am not saying i am some touched by god, confident person who doesn't compare, because lord knows i do. . . one only has to look at my monthly mental breakdowns to know that sure as shit isn’t true. But something that shines through all of those shit-storms is that i am trying my best, i have accomplished what i need to accomplish for right now. The person next to me might be able to do 10 internships at once but i cant. I do not have parents who will pay for me when im not working and i dont have the power to compartmentalise. So for me, managing one, or NONE is OKAY.
So for all the women out there feeling like they havent done enough, YES YOU HAVE. YOU ARE AMAZING AND YOU ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO BE DOING, so keep on keeping on.
At the end of the day its much better to have a sane head on your shoulders than a highly accomplished lunatic who cant hold a conversation.
#truth
F. A. D. S.
To quote the wise Justin Bieber, If there is one thing that the wellness trend has undoubtedly taught, us is to “Never say Never.” Ah yes, for the journalists and social media influencers alike that have created their own version of the ‘secret to wellness’, be that the ‘i quit sugar’ campaign or the vegan you tubers swearing by plant based diets, the majority of these people have also backflipped on their infallible diet regimes, or at least quietly changed the terms and conditions.
The problem doesn’t lie in people spreading their own truths, it doesn’t even lie in people creating empires off them, the problem lies in the absoluteness behind their marketing. Humans are not absolute beings, in fact we are hardwired not be. I change my favourite every week for goodness sake.
Human evolution - if thats your cup of tea - has hardwired our brains to make quick and hasty decisions based on where the best and nutritiously dense food was, even if that meant going off course. So when a food ‘guru’, especially those without backgrounds in science or dietetics, backtracks on their ‘100% gUaraNtEed diet for a FLaT stOmACh!!’, people are quick to label them scammers and bombard their feeds with some flavoursome words and emojis (think snake emoji). People don’t like to be told that the excruciating months of not eating chocolate were for nothing.
People only act on the best knowledge they have available to them, its the same as science. Its constantly changing depending on what new research hits the journals. Lets all remember that once upon a time the best scientists in the world believed the earth was flat. Without having any base in science, the influencers that pedal diets based solely on personal intuition will of course backtrack on their words, in inevitable. If you talk to any qualified dietician, nine times out of ten they will say a balanced diet is the ultimate diet.
So let’s not reprimand people on the human condition and instead be the new wave of influencers that never say never.
Finding a voice
PSA to all those that follow me - I started this blog as a Studyblr, but thats not what this is anymore. Little bits for sure, but as i move forward with my life and towards a career in media (hopefully, lol) theres something thats become blatantly clear. I have no idea what the fuck, or where the fuck my voice is.
Writing has always been a guilty love affair of mine. Finding new ways to express myself with cool words like poignant (trust me using this bad boy in a sentence makes you automatically sound 40% smarter), but i have to admit, i’m definitely not the best at it. You can probably tell from my terrible grammar.
As i’m crawling my way into adulthood, and being asked more and more by a career that demands a voice just what that voice is. . . i have NO fucking idea.
I think i stand for womens rights, yet i catch myself slutshaming.
I think i stand for climate change yet my plastic use i probably the same as Donald’s Trumps
I stand for tolerance, listening and acceptance yet i catch myself making big deals out of nothing, throwing hissy fits in shopping centres in the middle of Zurich (yes this has actually happened).
And every-time i catch myself in a moment of stark self-awareness i realise these things happen because i haven’t found my real voice yet. I haven’t defined with myself what it is i want to say. What do i want to say? What do i want to fight for? Where are these judgements and hatred coming from?
Im still figuring this shit out and writing is going to be the device that helps me do that, hopefully.
So i will be writing a lot on here over the next year. Probably a lot of nonsense and probably a lot of self-defeating grammar, but probably a lot of entertainment as i go through the hypocrisies that is my life.
À la prochaine,
K.
Women watch themselves being watched
Ive been reading a lot into womens cinema at the moment and the only accurate way i can describe the what I’ve learnt is Mind. Blown.
When we think about film, not very often do we analyse the social economy that’s working underneath it, cashing in some specific ideologies to confirm a specific point of view. I mean for the last 22 years of my life, a movie has just been a movie. Its good or its bad. Its funny or its boring. its worthy of an Oscar or its complete shit. Thats about how complex my thinking has been when I’ve gone to the cinema. Whens the last time you went to the cinema and thought, “who actually made this?”. When you ask that question, and search for the answers, the movie itself makes a lot more sense. Who’s eyes are we looking through right now? 9/10 times if a white cis male is making movie you better believe some Megan Fox type character is going to be written in to the plot somehow for no other reason than to be wearing a bikini. Maybe some stilettos too.
The gaze in movie making is so important. A quote i read from John Berges ‘ways of seeing’ expresses this to a T, “Men watch women, women watch themselves being watched.” This is true for nearly all creative devices from art, literature to cinema where a female is depicted by a male. Why else would that woman be talking in a low whispery voice, protruding her breasts out ever o slightly while she licks her lips? god knows i don’t talk like that, so why the hell is she? Its because thats the way people, mainly men, want us to be like that, it’s their gaze imposed on us. This is true not only of the way women are represented i cinema, but transgender people, or gay people, or any other community thats slightly marginalised or oppressed. Im not saying that men are to blame, I’m saying that the way society has been constructed so that 95% of directors are male, meaning we only see their gaze, is to blame.
Food for thought.
The colour red
I dont know why, but ive always been afraid to wear red lipstick. I dont know if this is just some crazy, insecure tendency i’ve developed throughout my decent into ‘adulthood’ (if you can even call it that), or its something that other people have experienced too.
I see people walking through the streets with bright red lips and i’m in awe. Not because of how fabulous they look -because my god do they look good- but because of how freaking confident they must be to happily be walking down the street with such a bold colour on.
I think the longest i’ve ever worn red lipstick was for about 2 hours at a fmaily birthday. I remember getting ready, talking myself up under my breath, trying (and failing) to pose like some of the woman i had seen in magazines, and for a second there i almost believed it. But as soon as i stepped outside the world crumbled in on me. The anxious thoughts of “who the HELL do you think you are”, and “you look like fish” flooded my brain, drowning out any of the pep talked i had so confidently used 2 minutes beforehand.
If theres one thing i hate its eyes on me (except when i’ve downed two bottles of wine lets be real). and no matter who you are - if your wearing red lipstick people are looking. 99.5% of those thoughts are guaranteed to be “DAAAMMMNN she looks good”, or “Wow i really should get some lipstick,” and i know logically that what other people think really doesn't mean shit, but to an anxious person you really only focus on the 0.5% of people that maybe, possibly, be thinking you look like a try hard.
Obviously i have some things to work on but i feel like writing about them will help, and if anyone reading this feels the same way too, girl you are not alone. Hop on this innately anxious but still loving train of mine and we can ride it together.
K.
19/3/18 A rare moment of good lighting has graced my room today. So a rare studyblr photo has reached my blog to celebrate it. I’m feeling motivated to work but as soon as I get going i suddenly feel so tired. I’m feeling a little sad today, it’s nearly easter so the break will be good, but it means saying hello to a lot of work, and this week is so work heavy because after the strikes I’m having to cram a lot of work in, and so are the department. xxx Emily
Strawberry watermelon passionfruit mmm
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48/100 days of productivity
Aaaaand I’m back! Spent today rewriting all my history notes ready for my exam on Monday in to a new exercise book. I’m going to put all of my notes in to them eventually so I can get rid of the heavy paperwork at the end of the year.
Fluff and warmth and coziness 💖💖💖
AM to PM studying
I am finally done with my first semester in law school! Finals was tough. I was an emotional wreck and my study technique wasn’t up to par with the amount of revisions I had to do.
Glad that was done and over with though.
Set up a new shelf in my room last weekend!
