University:
De Montfort University
Course:
Journalism
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Journalism student at De Montfort University in Leicester; self-confessed music, movie and comic book nerd. Watch the space for eccentric articles galore!
Are Students Unfairly Excluded From Free Prescriptions?
September 18, 2012
It was a few days after my 19th birthday, and I went to pick up my prescription from the doctors. Handing the prescription to the pharmacist, I perused the store whilst I waited for… Read More »
“It’s wrong, and the Bible agrees!” and other nonsense
September 13, 2012
So, I was waiting for a lift home today, and couldn’t help but overhear a conversation between two surly looking schoolkids. “Did you see Aidan and Luke at lunch today? I asked them to play… Read More »
“Real women have curves” and other discriminatory tales
September 13, 2012
We’ve all seen the image circulating Facebook; a photo of a woman in the sea who looks to be about a size 8 next to a photo of Marilyn Monroe, a size 14, posing on the… Read More »
Lego: reinforcing gender stereotypes. Wait, what?!
September 13, 2012
Lego. A staple childhood toy, turning children’s imaginations into reality in the form of brightly coloured plastic houses and ceiling-scraping towers. Lego has been around for years and has sold excellently, but is its recent… Read More »
Fearne Cotton Announces Pregnancy
August 17, 2012
Fearne Cotton is already a Radio 1 presenter, a tv regular, fashion designer, and now…. a mum-to-be! Fearne announced the news via Twitter on Wednesday, “Jesse and I have some news!!!!! [We] are very happy… Read More »
Will Cinema Always Be So Marvel-lously Popular?
August 8, 2012
Christian Bale and Tom Hardy as Batman and Bane With the likes of the Dark Knight Rises and the Amazing Spider-Man attracting the masses recently, it makes a person think: will comic book movies… Read More »
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