For those of you unfamiliar we, as LGBT+ people, have long been accustomed to adopting a certain level of secrecy when it comes to dating, especially during adolescent years. Websites and apps, have become the nation's’ new bandanas, each with their own secret hidden codes and meanings.
One thing missing from all of the luxurious scenic vacation photos clogging Instagram is the growing amount of plastic polluting the oceans in the background. How harshly humans treat the environment is certainly not a new discovery, but European packaging company Rajapack has opted to tell the ugly truth about the increasingly dangerous impact that plastic has on our environment.
The 2019's ceremony was largely an exercise in damage limitations. In the run-up to Sunday's show, the conversation was focused on who couldn't be bothered to play music's "biggest night" and whether Recording Academy president Neil Portnow could put out the fire he started with his "Women need to step up" comment last year. On those issues, the Academy can say this was a mostly successful night.
I’ve just completed my graduation cycle. I spent 5 years clinging to studying, dragging my heels through a degree that I didn’t particularly enjoy and, mostly wanted to abandon. Highlights include failing second year the first time around, taking a year's break to ‘re-evaluate’, and handing in two projects late. Oh, and I almost dropped out three times.
It is very easy to write about Nick Sandmann and his fellow Covington High School students without really saying anything at all. You can pour over video clip after video clip analysing the order of events, what may or may not have been said, and who has apologised or refused to, all the while missing the serious implications of the clip. That is not to say details are not important.
Have you ever, for no apparent reason, wondered what the specific sum of £28 could get you? Well my friends, I have. £28 could get me a flight from London to Amsterdam and I’d still have six quid left to spend on an in-flight G&T. £28 could buy me one trouser leg’s worth of a Topshop Joni Jean. £28 could literally buy me a hamster. But, most importantly, £28 could buy me an incredibly high dosage of hormones which could prevent pregnancy up to five days after conception.
Another day, another social media challenge. In recent years we’ve had trends based on everything, from Netflix’s Bird Box inspired challenge to the Drake soundtracked ‘Kiki’ challenge With over 5.2 million participants, the ‘10 year challenge’ has seen various directions of glow as everyone posts photos of what they looked like back in 2009 compared now.
