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“Man Up!”

Too often are the issues of gender expectations for men pushed under the carpet. Men and women are both assigned genders at birth and gender roles that are determined by society. This…

How Sainsbury’s is changing the Gary game!

I wasn’t planning on writing a post about Sainsbury’s but after seeing two amazing articles on the store today, I just had to! The first article highlighted the…

5 tips to spot fake news – illustration with infographics

Fake news is everywhere. Before social media like Facebook and Twitter overcome their problem with fake news, we, as internet users, should take the responsibility to think before…

Benefits of Bloggers- Influencer Infographic.

Hey GenZ’ers! I hope you are all fine and well and have been embracing this rather gloomy January with in full swing. Anyway, this is my final post…

Lady Gaga & Miley Cyrus’ biggest fan? I think so.

I interviewed Adam Safta about his love for Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus and here it is! Enjoy!   Video credits: Filmed and Edited by Saakshi Bowri Sound…

Memes: Helping causes one Gorilla at a time

Memes have become caped crusaders by bringing attention to important causes. Today’s society’s obsession with sharing viral memes has shed light on many causes that had gone under the public’s radar. This…

Even hair salons are going cruelty free!

It appears not only supermarkets and resturants are taking the hint that consumers want more cruelty free products, even hairdressers can see this demand!  When I recently looked…

12 Hour Social Media Ban

After delving into the reasons why we have become so obsessed by social media in my past posts, I thought I would take a different approach for this…

I’ve Got A New Tinder Match

“I’ve got a new match on tinder!” is becoming an increasingly familiar sound. Online dating is now more popular than ever and has transfixed modern society. Driving the…

IS THERE A GLAMORISATION OF COSMETIC SURGERY

By Social Media Firstly, let’s kick it off with the infamous Kylie Jenner lip challenge. The youngest of the Kardashian Klan caused a stir on social media, a…

Women, Culture & Society: ‘Spoken Word/Short Story’

“The Beauty” by Marnie Pili “When I was a young girl, I grew up with an earthly childhood. In my eyes, the grass was greener. The sun was…

Blocking Fake News: Facebook and Google on Board

Facebook and Google have felt the urgency to combat fake news after internet users claimed that false stories had a drastic impact on the results of the US…

CYBER STOP, CYBER BULLING MY STORY

Hello my friends, I want to tell you guys my story and why I wanted to start this cyber bullying blog as well as my reasons for continuing…

Video: Self-Expression In A Visual Society

We have become a visual society. A visual society, where our ways of expressing ourselves are increasingly influenced by it. Behind The Filter discussed the the role of self-expression…

A First-Hand Perspective: Interviewing Viral Trend Participants

Hello and welcome back to ‘End The Trend’, the blog about damaging social media viral trends and their effects. Today we’ve got something new in the form of a…

PETA

This blog post is to say thank you to PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) for all the hard work that they have done over the years…

US Election: who run the world? Memes

Political memes… even if you were to go above and beyond attempting to avoid everything and anything to do with politics, these pesky little things that litter the…

Conventions and the Bronies – has this gone too far?

Have you ever been so invested in a TV show, TV show character or the actress/ actor that plays a particular character in a TV show? Have you…

Women’s March – Women just wanna have fun-damental rights

The Women’s March on Washington The Women’s March took place in Washington DC on January 21st of this month, following the inauguration of Donald Trump. Hundreds and thousands of people took…

10 Social Media Hoaxes and Fake News Stories of 2016: Video

  2016 saw lots of social media hoaxes and fake news stories spread like wildfire across the realms of the Internet, so we made a video discussing some…

This Brings Me to The Shocking Statistics…

Surgery: The Facts: My final blog post on the topic of plastic surgery is looking at some statistics of what procedures people endure, and the recent rise in…

Makeup Experiment

As makeup is one of the most essential things linked to gender expectations, I decided to do an experiment using my sister as a model. I took advice from…

Recent Statistics

Recent Statistics Ditch the Label is a large charity that works internationally helping young people overcome bullying. Tackling the impacts it has on their health, education, self-esteem and…

Quick fixes, zero stitches.

With the growing pressures of gender expectations, the amount of options available for people to improve their appearances goes way beyond just surgery. These are products that I like to call ‘quick fixes’….

Thoughts on Oniomania

This blog is going to be a little different. It is my first ever podcast with the help of my friends, Shemonti and Clara. To start off, I made them…

Top Trump and his journey to the White House

If you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple months, or potentially in the future will be as a result, Donald Trump is the new President…

10 Steps to Positive Body Image

As discussed in previous posts, social media sites are having a huge effect on peoples’ body image. Approximately 91% of women aren’t happy with their bodies, while only…

10 Signs That You’re Addicted To Social Media

Beauty=Wealth or Wealth=Beauty?

All through our lives we are constantly exposed to the rich and famous lifestyles of the celebrities in this world, and this is either shown to us through…

Contemporary art in the digital realm

Is the art world growing enthusiasm for the all digital things? Recently, museums and art galleries have started to use the internet and social media as a marketing…

Bots With Brains Podcast

Bots With Brains goes audio… Please enjoy this auditory summary of the topics explored on the blog so far in the first Bots With Brains Podcast. If you…

COSMETIC SURGERY & SOCIAL MEDIA

Here is what you need to know about cosmetic surgery and social media. Cosmetic surgery is surgery to improve appearance rather than for health reasons. Examples of cosmetic…

My truth about selfies.

What I believe about selfies. I told you all I would make this blog about my opinion and so far all I’ve given is snippets of opinions and…

IS DIET PRODUCT SELLING ON SOCIAL MEDIA LEGIT?

Now, people’s shopping routine is changing from buying offline to buying online and more and more people buy their goods advertised through social media. If we are living…

Everyday Sexism – A Sexist Phrase

There are number of sexist phrases that each and everyone of us use frequently. However if you stop and think about the meaning behind the phrases we use…

How Tumblr Posts Both Add To And Fight The Mental Health Stigma

Tumblr is almost definitely one of the worst social media sites when it comes to adding to the stigma. Unlike other social media platforms, users have an increased…

Get Inspired!

Hi Guys! As you all know, my blog is called ‘Image vs beauty’ and I talk about it a lot throughout my blog posts. However, I really wanted…

GloomTube. Why the search for virality led to an obsession with the caps lock

I like YouTube. There I said it. Boy does that feel good to get off my chest. Believe it or not, contrary to what my father thinks, YouTube…

TROPHY HUNTING

The Horrific Truth Of Hunting In this blog I will discuss the disgusting culture of those who trophy hunt and why this ‘sport’ should come to an end….