I started reading the infectious Sweet Valley series when I was little. I started out with Sweet Valley Kids, and graduated through to Sweet Valley University when I was about twelve. I remember reading a SVU book during a silent reading class, and my grade seven English teacher looking at me, sighing and saying, ‘Oh,…
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I’m not exactly a music person. I’m not saying I don’t enjoy or appreciate music, but I’m not the type of person who is fanatical, or who knows amazing upcoming bands, or who makes an effort to see live music. I can’t even remember the last time I listened to the radio. My music collection…
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Recently, I was in equal measures horrified and amused by this cover of the Bronte classic Wuthering Heights. Yes, my darlings, Twilight phenomena has grown to include the rebranding of literary classics. All around the world, teenage girls are suddenly clapping to see Wuthering Heights on their required reading list. Not to sound like a…
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I have a crush. He’s sort of famous. He’s tall, has curly dark hair, and has one of those oh-so-charming cheeky smiles. And no, it isn’t Austin Nicholls or Zachary Levi (although both are definitely welcome to call me). His name is Dave Eggers, and he’s a writer. You probably know who he is, and…
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Let me be completely honest; I don’t really have any fears or anxieties in being female. Yes, I worry I could disappoint my parents. But I’ve never worried about them selling me into marriage or prostitution. Yes, I worry about rape. But I never worry about a man raping me, then telling the courts he…
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Lately I’ve been thinking about magic. Not magic in the sense of bunnies being pulled out of top hats, but the magic that is more of a feeling or a possibility. I think it has something to do with the time of year; Christmas brings a lot of faith, hope and wonderment. And maybe it…
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Christmas has always been one of my favourite days of the year. It brings with it cheesy holiday movies, presents, and calories that don’t count. It’s also one of the only days that it’s socially accepted (hell, socially encouraged!) to consume champagne and chocolate before 10 o’clock in the morning. However, there is a dark…
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In Australia, we don’t have a standard and accessible equivalent to the US size zero. The general rule of difference between Australian and US sizes is four (an AU10 becomes an US6). While some stores are starting to make a size four, in most cases, girls are left to take in size sixes, or hope…
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You know how there are moments in your childhood that you can pinpoint and go, ‘Well, that killed my innocence’? Reading this book is definitely in my top five. It’s probably even higher on the list than the time I was five and sat on my trampoline for four hours, waiting for Tenderheart to come…
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Whenever one of my guy friends asks me what the appeal is of Sex and the City, I tell them it’s the friendship. And the fashion. But mostly, the friendship. Big said it best in the series finale, ‘you’re the loves of her life, and a guy’s just lucky to get in fourth.’ I couldn’t…
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