“No Hard Feelings” an Exceptional Debut Worth Waiting For

4.5/5 By Rachel Dennehy As Diamond Dodanda once said (or sang) “tell a friend to tell a friend, she’s back.” Leigh-Anne is back, and her return is one arrival. After officially debuting as a solo artist after spending an astonishing decade as a member ...

FLO Is Carrying the Torch as The Next Big Girl Group

Image Credit: (C) NME UK 2022 By Rachel Dennehy There once was a time when girl groups were everywhere, they were dominating the charts and taking the world by storm. We had Girls Aloud, Little Mix, Destiny’s Child and, the Spice Girls to name a few. Th...

Furiosa Review

By Joshua McCormack In the 2015 Best Picture Nominee, Mad Max: Fury Road, Charlize Theron played the film's deuteragonist – arguably its true lead – Praetorian Furiosa, portraying the steely-eyed, tough-as-nails, desert wayfarer as she attempted to lead a ...

Waving Goodbye to Shein: The Entrance of Our Sustainable Era

By Sylvie Labelle Fast fashion: cheap, mass and rapidly produced clothing that has long been criticized for its less than kind impacts on the environment yet worshiped for its irresistible deals and ‘trend-ability’. Shein and other brands like Temu, Prett...

Jane Austen: The Woman who was Extraordinary

By Ellen Madden The well-known author Jane Austen was born on the 16th of December 1775, and was the second daughter and seventh child in her family. She died on the 18th of July 1817 at the age of 47. She lived a short and extraordinary life. She never ma...

Audience v. Critics: Negotiating the Gap Between Ratings

By Ioana Gheorghe With the summer blockbusters season underway, it is time to reminisce. Last year, Barbie and Oppenheimer made a buzz with audiences and critics alike; the acclaim for both reminded people that films can be both commercial successes and aw...

Dyscalculia and me

By Suzanne O'Connor 6+8=? 2x2=? 3-7=? 2÷4=? I didn’t even know there was a word for my learning difficulty until I was about ten years of age when I was diagnosed with it. The Special Educational Psychologist told my mother I was smart enough ...