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 ❁

#3 ❁ P. R. O. M

Hiya little lovelies,

So as you may have guessed today is Prom and I'm extremely excited to see everyone again. Everything has gone perfectly as planned apart from the weather. What can you expect though? we do live in Britain after all! Makes not being at Glastonbury an awful lot better, at least I'll be inside and not a sweaty, muddy field :)

Everyone makes such a big deal over Prom night to make it special. The lengths people go to to make themselves look good are ridiculous! Don't get me wrong though I mean, who doesn't like getting all dolled up every once in a while? But I keep getting this horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach worrying like a little kid. I guess I'm just nervous, I'm always get anxious when  put in situations where there's a possibility of being judged. It's like we're putting on one big show with costumes, make-up, weeks of preparations to make opening night, a night to remember. Some people have got their head in the clouds over the whole thing, living in some sort of daydream. I've watched a ton of Prom themed films over the past few weeks (High school Musical 3 and Perks of being a Wallflower included) and many of the scenes are pretty similar to plans I've heard people discussing. I hate to break it, but life isn't a movie. Copying other peoples ideas won't make you happy, you've got to live in the moment, take opportunities as a great man once said

'life is a roller coaster, 

you just gotta ride it'

The best thing to do in these times is forget about everything and remember what's important. We're there to have a good time and to be quite honest I shouldn't care what other think because I live to satisfy myself NOT other people! So treat yourself, eat some cake, sing your heart out and shake what your mama gave ya! like so,

❀ Always, Deanna ❀

p.s. I'll post pictures of my dress and the night tomorrow, if i wake up tomorrow that is ;)