Little Miss Rendell

Hello lovelies! The post this week will follow on from last weeks, 'Is Fifty Shades normalizing rape?', where I questioned whether the nature of the narrative in this book made unacceptable sexual behaviour seem like the norm. This week I want to delve into the topic of victim shaming, an example of this occurred recently. The Sun recently published a headline that read 'woman drank six jagerbombs in ten minutes on the night she was raped and murdered'. The public united in slating the tabloid for victim shaming the poor girl that this happened to. The message that this despicable headline sends is that the girl is responsible for her rape and murder because she had a bit to drink. Everyone, not just women, are entitled to go out and have fun without having to fear for their lives. A question that crossed my mind is what headline would the editors of The Sun have written if the victim was a man? Would they have blamed his alcohol in take? This links to my post from ...

Hello lovelies! This weeks post, as you can tell from the title, concerns matters that may upset you so if you are not comfortable in discussing rape do not read this post. I read the entire franchise of 'Fifty shades' when I was 17 and I have to say I was completely hooked. Everything about it intrigued me and I completely loved it. At that time I saw many people talking about rape related to the books and I used to defend 'Fifty Shades'. I couldn't see where they were coming from, Ana and Christian consented to each other and to me that was it. Rape didn't occur as there was consent involved, a very black and white issue, case closed, right? Wrong. I'm not suggesting that every sexual occurrence in these books is rape, for me it only happens once throughout the novels. I re read the books recently as the second film is due to be released early next year and I wanted to revisit the story so I had it fresh in my mind for the movie. There is one point in...

Hello lovelies! Me before you is the latest RomCom to hit our screens, directed by Thea Sharrock and starring Sam Claflin and Emilia Clarke, promises to be everything the audience would hope for in a romantic comedy. Of course, this movie is based upon the book written by Jojo Moyes. I haven't read the book but I've asked friends who have and they say that the film is very true to the book which fans will be pleased about. Let's begin on the hunk of the movie; Sam Claflin. Sam plays the character of Will Traynor, an active young man until he's involved in a road accident and becomes paralysed. I thought the Sam played this part beautifully. The audience could feel his pain of not being able to be the person he once was and yet still let some of his spectacular personality shine through; helped by Emilia Clarke's character, Louisa Clark. No spoilers, of course, but the ending of this RomCom is one the audience will not expect and Claflin performs it brilliantl...

Hello lovelies! I've just finished that latest series of OITNB and I have been moved by the powerful scenes in the last two episodes. Of course, world wide we know of the police brutality that occurs on the streets of America but to see it in action was distressing. Now I know it's acting but the actors and actresses that make up this Emmy award winning cast perform so well that the audience, when watching, are encapsulated in the prison world. The scene that I am referencing is the tragic death of Poussey Washington. How a peaceful protest could end in a murder is what I think most viewers are distressed over. I would like to congratulate the writers on choosing to centre the story around a black life because I believe if Poussey were white this situation wouldn't have occurred. Previously to this a guard, Humps, made crazy eyes fight with another prisoner which triggered her mental instability. During the peaceful protest Crazy eyes set eyes upon Humps and this sent h...

Hello lovelies! I went to see the new Jungle Book movie at the weekend and I thought I'd do a short review for you. I saw it in IMAX 3D which was the best decision that we made (we being me and my friends Kitty and Rochelle). This enabled us to feel as if we were in the movie ourselves due to the amazing visual affects throughout this movie. From outstanding landscapes to the attention to detail on King Louie's palace. Everything looks breath-taking in this movie. On top of this is the sound effects. The music is to the mark on this film. In times of anticipation the music was so well built up that I was hiding behind my hands waiting for something to jump out at me. Another point I'd like to raise about the music is that I love that the director and other makers of this film weren't scared to put the songs we all know and love into this movie. The other recent Disney remakes have shied away from this and I think this is what makes The Jungle Book so much better...

Hello lovelies! I'm sure you're aware that this weeks post is different to what I usually post. Yes this will be a political post if you couldn't guess from the title. I wanted to make this to inform you on the options of the upcoming referendum that is taking place on Thursday 23rd June 2016. If you are 18 and over you are legible to take part in this vote which I believe you should do. I know many don't take part in voting 'as it won't make a difference' but believe me it does. If you don't voice your opinion who will? But in order to vote you need to know what you are actually voting for so here is some information on the EU and benefits and problems of staying in or opting out. Okay lets start with staying in the EU- what our current government are trying to persuade the public to do. To start we'll go through the positives of staying within the EU. I'll go through 10 reasons as to why we should stay in the EU. 1. Jobs- 3.5 million British...

Hello lovelies, I am in an amazing mood today so I thought I'd write a blog post that I have been meaning to write for a while. Letting go, this is something I have struggled with all my life. I am a person to hold grudges and never let them go but I'm turning over a new leaf. Not letting go of things means that when I'm on my own I'm usually unhappy and I've realised that life is just too damn short to be unhappy all of the time. So many things are positive in my life at the moment; I'm at uni ( something I've wanted to do since I can remember), I have the most amazing friends and my family are so supportive. So why should I be unhappy because of things that happened ages ago? You are probably wondering what it is that has had me so unhappy so I'll fill you in. If you have read my blog post titled 'something a bit personal' you will know exactly what I am referring to. If you haven't I suggest you do in order to get the details of the s...