14 ❁ Battle of the bands

Hey there lovelies,

Ive been slacking on my reading lately, schoolwork can be such a drag, the hours clock up and I loose out on chill time. It's a shame to forget about the joy of picking up a book and drifting off into your own litlle world. But never fear i've drawn the line and decided to pick my reading game back up, starting with IT, the fabulously sophisticated book by style legend Alexa Chung.

It's such a cute little read, packed with inspirational images and short snippets of life stories and advice from the woman herself. One of these excerts in particular got me thinking

 'Girl bands can dominate music but only ever one at a time. That is the rule. Don't try to change it'

Those dramatic fan wars that crop up evey five minutes between teeage girls fighting over the arrangement of the boyband heirarchy never seem to happen between girl band fans.

Take, for example One Direction releasing a new single. Rival fangirls prepare for battle, unleashing their hatred via the weapon of twitter to defend the honour of their beloved boyband.

Teenage hysteria around boybands remains a facinateing concept (being a part of it myself i still have no clue what came over me), when though did the same level of dedication fail to convey to our feminine friends in girlbands? 

Yes it's true the reign of the girlgroup seems to have plumeted after the 90's and early 00's phenomenoms of the Spice Girls, Destinys Child  and Girls Aloud. However girl power is still going strong with the likes of more modern talent such as Haim and Little Mix. Both fantastic and extremely talented combinations of women who are able to dominate the charts consecutively with the evidence of any 'girlband rivalry' being next to nil.

The fanbase of these girlbands varys concerning gender whereas in terms of boybands we have a prodominantly female following. Don't get me wrong when i say that much of the support for boybands may be highly influences by their heartthrob members. Yes boybands can make good amazing music and girlband members are unquestionable stunning. But everytime the feminine sterotype of desiring aesthetcally pleasing things seems to crop up and run true when considering boyband following.

In terms of the music though does it really matter who's a fan of who? It's more than acceptable to be in love with the music and faces, of more than one artist at a time. If a song makes you happy then keep that tune on replay, become intoxicated by the rhythm, feel it in your soul and let it run though your veins.

Stay chill and peace out xxx

❁ Always Deanna ❁

13 ❁ Deceitful

Celebrity gossip is splashed across the headlines of news articles daily. Usually I tend to ignore the 'who's dating who' and criticism to seemingly provocative outfits as it doesn't grab my attention. and a lot of it is complete lies anyway. 

But when something as shocking as Kesha's eating disorder resulting in self admittance to rehab comes to light I can't help but be drawn to it.

I've decided to keep updated with this particular story and unlike my guess it was her producers comments (not that of not-to-be-named celebrity shalshing blogger) which insinuated her action.

Now I could rant about how digusting and terrifying it is that a single comment like 'refrigerator' can throw someone over the edge but I was overwhelmed and happily surprised at the mass of support and positive comments wishing the singer all the best in her recovery on the article.

Unfortunately the mood soon took a turn for the worse after I caught the attention of this extremely innaproprately placed advert...

 

Now everyone should love there body. Don't get me wrong though, there's nothing wrong with losing a little weight or making changes to your lifestyle to get fitter and,overall, be a generally healthier person. I just feel as though there is so much pressure put on women to look a certain way, subconscious messages imprinted into our heads to make us believe it's the change that will make us happy. We're told what not to put into your bodies and limited to the calories worth you actually can as well as being told to cut down on or eradicate behaviors that affect our body that it literally takes control of people's lives. A balanced diet and active lifestyle will make you healthy but a pig out on chocolate or a cheeky couple of drinks at the end of the week aren't the be all and end all. 

And so I sign of by quoting Steve Maraboli, 

“Love yourself. Forgive yourself. Be true to yourself. How you treat yourself sets the standard for how others will treat you.” 

❁Always Deanna❁

Disclaimer - as I said news articles aren't the most reliable of sources for factual accuracy but my opinions voiced here are as true to my feelings as it gets.