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Did I mention I have a new desk?

Probably not. I’ve been busy. You know all the lame excuses by now. A trip to Ikea is always exciting, even more so in the case of my brand spanking new desk (which, by the way, only cost me $39) at which I hope many exciting new ideas will be born. I’ve never really had [...]

What I’ve Learnt from the Express Media Electioneerers

Okay, I know – it’s been a while. What can I say, rather than contributing to my own blog I’ve been spending the past four weeks completely immersed in the creations of seven other incredible bloggers: the Express Media Electioneerers. I’ve mostly been on the sidelines, attending to all the nitty gritty details (resizing images, [...]

MAEVE Issue 2: Spring 2010

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Kate Spade does The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby has been my favourite novel since I studied it in Year 11. I think it’s the idealism mixed with its universality. Much of which I think is translated beautifully in this Kate Spade clutch. At $325 USD a pop (a sum I’d happily fork out if I had it on me for something so [...]

An Open Letter to Alannah Hill

Dear Ms. Hill, I am writing on behalf of many young women who do not relish any opportunity to shoot down members of their own gender, the young women who believe that you can be a feminist and still wear girlish clothing, those whose mothers rammed the teachings of Gloria Steinem down their throats and [...]

Oh, how I miss you Masterchef…

I feel like a crucial part of my daily timetable is missing. Surely, I can’t be the only one. I guess all I can do now is look forward to Junior Masterchef in the hopes that it will sate this ravenous appetite for more Masterchef. That, and I think it’s a pretty awesome ad on [...]

And the Electioneerer’s are off…

Presented by Express Media and supported by The Myer Foundation, Electioneering is a brand new blog. Its aim? To cover the 2010 Federal Election the way young voters need it to be – free from political jargon and with a focus on the way the big issues affect young people. This project is near and [...]

I’m a PC person and I got a Blackberry instead of an iPhone.

So shoot me. I mentioned briefly last week that I was struggling to use my new BlackBerry. Now, I’m a total pro. But more importantly, what I’ve discovered is that BlackBerry’s are instant conversation starters. Why? Because everyone wants to know why you didn’t get an iPhone. The last thing anyone likes doing is justifying [...]

If I were a real-life journalist…

…this piece below (from The Age Traveller on July 19th 2010) is exactly what I would write. Mainstream news journalism is a scarily intimidating feature of modern society. What with the big words, even bigger opinions and scary tales of the death of print media, a young journalist often finds herself a bit turned off by [...]

“There’s better ones online” – mourning the death of the tourist shot.

Within the first few hours of trying desperately to navigate the back streets of Tokyo, when armed with sensible shoes, European features and a digital camera, it becomes strikingly clear that it’s impossible to ignore that painfully embarrassing label we all desperately try to avoid when abroad: the tourist. The crux of the matter is that no one [...]