Youth, Popular Culture & Texts
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Interview with a 19 year old… Part 2
My interview with 19 year old E, a 2nd year uni student, soon turned towards the more traditional popular culture mediums, such as books, movies, TV series and music. It was again interesting to note the we agreed on many… Continue reading
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Interview with a 19 year old… Part 1
When given the chance to interview a young person regarding their interaction with the various forms of popular culture, I couldn’t resist interviewing a 19 year old. Why? Because I want to know how these teenagers close to my own… Continue reading
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Fandoms!
You might be wondering, “what on earth is a fandom!” Well, you wouldn’t be the first to be confused. Actually, it wasn’t until last year that I fully understood what a ‘fandom’ was and was definitely shocked to realize that… Continue reading
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Let me take a selfie…
Selfies: a popular trend on social media at the moment. I am unsure of the appeal of selfies and regularly find myself confronted by such images posted by some of my friends. Whenever I see a selfie posted these thoughts… Continue reading
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Bubble what?
The perfect bubble butt. The thing that all girls crave today. It’s interesting to note how times have turned away from the stick-figure body type and back to curves. Although encouraging girls to shy away from needing to be skinny… Continue reading
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What’s popular?
As a young teacher I like to think of myself as fairly up to date with the trends of today. I like to make sure that I read the same books, listen to the same music and watch the same… Continue reading
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Fight for survival
As a teacher I like to be up to date with what my students are reading and talking about. Over the past few years I have noticed an increase in the number of fictional novels being published that champion the… Continue reading
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It’s my life
Young people are living their lives in public at an alarming growth rate today. As a young teacher in school ranging from prep to year 12 in Brisbane, I am regularly asked by students of all ages what types of… Continue reading