Miss Write

I recently re-read a rant of mine about last year's X Factor; specifically, about the number of shameless soundalikes given airtime. Having watched new reality show concept The Voice over the pa...

http://misswrite21.blogspot.com/2012/04/voice-my-kind-of-reality-tv.html

The Devil Wears Prada: the most famous magazine kiss'n'tell This afternoon I was recommended (and have been giggling at) this very amusing postmortem of a disappointing work experience pla...

http://misswrite21.blogspot.com/2012/04/work-experience-moans-are-they-ever.html

I would like to take a few minutes to address the men of the world. This is because I have noticed recently, and it does seem to be the portion of living males within myself and my friends' dat...

http://misswrite21.blogspot.com/2012/03/dear-men.html

I've really enjoyed The Guardian's series of favourite film and album blogs, so I was thrilled to see my personal favourite, Some Like it Hot , pop up today as Becky Barnicoat's chosen flick. T...

http://misswrite21.blogspot.com/2011/11/some-like-it-hot-still-sizzling-after.html

I have posted before with other blogs I adore, but this one has something special about it. Letters of Note is a collection of papers that have nothing in common except being in some way f...

http://misswrite21.blogspot.com/2011/10/love-letters.html

There is something equal parts compelling and abhorrent about this year's X Factor. The contestants range from the bland to the surreal, with a few actual stars snuck in there to confuse things....

http://misswrite21.blogspot.com/2011/10/next-factor.html

I've dated them. I sit next to one on a daily basis. I'm even starting to embrace being one. That's right, I'm now a fully-fledged commuter. Commuting is something people always tend to moan...

http://misswrite21.blogspot.com/2011/07/c-word.html

Today I found out I've landed some much-needed employment, and to celebrate I took myself out to see the movie of the moment, Bridesmaids . Now and again, a film comes along that you spend more t...

http://misswrite21.blogspot.com/2011/06/review-bridesmaids.html

A song came on my iPod this morning that I realized I always skip, but have never deleted. It was Beautiful by Christina Aguilera, now best known for being smotheringly overplayed circa 2003, and...

http://misswrite21.blogspot.com/2011/04/beauty.html

Whilst on my magazine journalism course, I've been looking at my mag-habit a completely different way. We're told in lectures that women are largely impulse buyers, while men are more brand loyal...

http://misswrite21.blogspot.com/2011/03/10-years-of-glamour.html

A guest lecturer today told my year of journalism students that blogging is not opinion, it is a conversation. This started me thinking about little old MissWrite, and how I got to where I am wit...

http://misswrite21.blogspot.com/2010/11/bloggers-bite-back.html

Since I returned to student life, I must have made about 150 To Do lists, all scribbled on cheap Wilko ruled paper and lost to the bottom of a bag or the floor of a lecture theatre. Every time I ...

http://misswrite21.blogspot.com/2010/10/cute-as-cupcake.html

When I was little, I remember my sisters and I (along with some family friends we thought of as 'plastic cousins') singing a little ditty that went like this: Margaret Thatcher, put her in the b...

http://misswrite21.blogspot.com/2010/10/hate-never-dies.html

Ok, so I moved to Cardiff, became a student... and stopped blogging. This is partly because of the exciting brand-new experience that is Cardiff Journalism School, and partly because we've had to...

http://misswrite21.blogspot.com/2010/10/big-diff.html

Rapper 50 Cent is the latest celeb making waves in Twitterland (if not the music industry) simply by being a chronic oversharer. But in gangsta speak. Tune in to Fiddy and you’ll learn about h...

http://misswrite21.blogspot.com/2010/09/twitpick_21.html

The last few weeks I have been reading the somewhat overexposed Eat, Pray, Love , something I’ve been meaning to pick up after months of recommendations, but was finally spurred to open by o...

http://misswrite21.blogspot.com/2010/09/dancing-with-my-self.html

A massive tee hee to this blog that posts weekly reviews of The X Factor with a strong all-bitching stance. I got hooked on the same anonymous reality-show bloggers during the last Andrew Lloyd ...

http://misswrite21.blogspot.com/2010/09/bitchin.html

I love Gaga. I have mentioned many times on this blog my love for her music, her boldness of performance and costume, her immaculately-maintained pop art persona... but this time, Gaga, you have ...

http://misswrite21.blogspot.com/2010/09/no-just-no.html

I have a new girl crush (yeah... move over Ellen .) Taylor Momsen has just whooshed up my fab-ometer, with the grungy sounds of her new music venture The Pretty Reckless. I love Taylor not only ...

http://misswrite21.blogspot.com/2010/09/one-to-watch.html

Today an unrequited lust, as I’ve heard great things about this place but have yet to sample its wonders. Inamo is one of those ‘revolutionary dining concepts’ (that always conjures up ima...

http://misswrite21.blogspot.com/2010/09/lunch-lust.html

So many people and things inspire me. Any given day, song or a book can inspire me to be stronger in a personal attitude or make a decision, a friend’s poise and dignity can inspire me to behav...

http://misswrite21.blogspot.com/2010/09/i-is-for-inspiration.html

Last Friday early morning classic GMTV was laid to rest in favour of a dire new concept called Daybreak, and like so many things (Opal Fruits, Woolworths, my youth), I just didn’t realise how...

http://misswrite21.blogspot.com/2010/09/rip-gmtv.html

I follow a great many wise and witty Tweeters, but this week's pick of the bunch has got to be the inimitable Dolly Parton . Yes, a lot of it is clearly run by her 'people', but Dolly has long be...

http://misswrite21.blogspot.com/2010/09/twitpick.html

As I make the transition from working life to student journo, I'm going to incorporate some regular slots into the blog - Twitter & blog recommendation, style crushes and most deliciously, a bit ...

http://misswrite21.blogspot.com/2010/08/lunch-lust.html

I love to travel, and it grieves me that the only real way to get started as a travel writer is to travel as much as you can and document your adventures. This is tricky as a would-be writer, bec...

http://misswrite21.blogspot.com/2010/08/globestrutting.html