Saved by the bell hooks is a mashup of feminism and TV nostalgia.

Saved by the bell hooks Tumblr is feminist nostalgia genius

bell hooks is a legendary feminist author, scholar, and rejecter of capital letters. Saved by the Bell is a legendarily bad 90s TV show that lives on in our hearts regardless. It's honestly surprising it's taken so long for someone to create a Tumblr that connects the two, but thankfully, they finally have. Saved by…
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The week in hashtags: #HeForShe, #LeftShark, #EffYourBeautyStandards, #Bombay

Dancing with sharks, busting ghosts and kicking the patriachy where it hurts. Just a few of the things social media has been up to this week... #HeForShe and #Impact10x10x10 In the days since she delivered another passionate, patriarchy-smashing speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on 23 January, Emma Watson's #HeForShe and #Impact10x10x10 campaigns have…

Young people and politics: we’re far from apathetic

Too apathetic, too ignorant and too self-absorbed: that sums up my generation when it comes to political engagement, right? After all, voter turnout among the 18-24 year-olds has been below 50% since 1992: 39% in 2001, 37% in 2005, with a slight rise to 44% in 2010, compared with 76% turnout for the over-65s. I've been…

The new Creme Egg is a marketing stunt – and not a very original one

If you missed it, American behemoths Mondelez (formerly Kraft Foods) recently ruined the Creme Egg. They took the pinnacle of ovoid chocolatey perfection and they stomped on it with army boots. They basically set fire to Easter. After visiting several newsagents shamelessly selling old stock, we finally got our hands on the new Creme Egg, with its…

Snapchat’s COO Emily White talking about Generation Z will make you feel old

Having been taken to the North American International Automobile Show, in Detroit, by Ford, I expected to see tons of shiny new cars, and, of course, I did. What I didn’t expect was to emerge feeling extremely old, and if you thought, us, Generation Y were the youngest and most tech-savvy group of people around,…

BBC Democracy Day: ShinyShiny attends

Today is the BBC's Democracy Day, and this evening a few members of the ShinyShiny team are excited to be attending an event entitled "Democracy and Technology". We'll listen to a panel of experts from around the world debate how smartphones, social media and cyberspace have impacted the concept of democracy. The panel includes Vijaya Gadde…

Facebook is testing audio message transcription in Messenger

If you are in no position to type out a message, or you simply can't be bothered, then audio messages are a great way to go. But what if your recipient isn't fond of listening to messages, or is in a place where they can't listen to what you sent? Facebook's working on it. The…
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Sexuality, family & Jeffrey Tambor: Why you need to start watching Transparent

Despite what the media may tell you, the most important take away from Sunday's Golden Globes ceremony wasn't the risky sartorial choices, it wasn't the proliferation of asymmetrical 'LOBs' and it wasn't even Poehler and Fey's unstoppable comedy duo that's hell-bent on smashing the sexism out of Hollywood. For me it was that Amazon show…