Instagram has launched a trial across several countries, including Australia and Japan, where the amount of likes a post has are hidden on your timeline. Instead, each image will be viewed without the number of likes underneath. Users will, however, be able to monitor the likes on their own posts. The experiment comes as pressure …
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Dove’s #ShowUs Campaign
Dove, a UK cosmetics brand, have recently launched their new ‘#ShowUs’ campaign in which they attempt to ‘shatter beauty stereotypes’ with their photo library. The collection of more than 5,000 images shows women of different colours, sizes and races for the purposes of providing representation for all women and girls. The campaign images were shot …
‘I’m a feminist but…’: navigating modern feminism online
In the words of Deborah Frances White’s enormously popular podcast, The Guilty Feminist, the admission of ‘I’m a feminist but’ allows people to admit their own perceptively ‘unfeminist’ acts, habits or personality traits. On The Guilty Feminist podcast, guests open with their own admissions. In a recent episode, DFW introduces her guest, Emma Thompson, with …
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Love Island
Why I’m not watching Love Island this year (or so I thought)… It has been a week since the new season of Love Island hit the screens of ITV2 and so we hand over the next 8 weeks, whether it be to the endless memes on Twitter dominating your timeline or not being able to …
Uber: Silent Mode
Uber’s silent mode: aggressively anti-social or just another commodity? Uber has recently introduced a ‘Quiet Mode’ feature available to all users who order their premium services. This enables the passenger to effectively silence the driver for the entirety of their journey, albeit whilst being charged a higher rate than the standard Uber car. Immediately, …
A Twenty-Something Opinion 