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FANGIRLS: IT'S TIME TO GIVE THEM THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE

  FANGIRLS: IT'S TIME TO GIVE THEM THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE Why it’s time to start appreciating the screaming teenage girls behind every great success My name is Anya Reid, I’m 18 years old, and I am a fangirl. I love One Direction, Dan and Phil, Twenty Ø ne Pilots, Panic! at The Disco, Merlin, Harry Potter, and all things Musical Theatre, just to name a few. There is not one of these that I have not been bullied for liking. If anyone reading this is unfamiliar, the things listed above tend to be referred to as “fandoms”. For example, as a 1D fangirl I am a part of the 1D fandom. However, for as long as I can remember being a fangirl has been portrayed, both in my personal life and in the media, as something shameful. So, what is it about girls loving something that is so wrong? The first port of call in breaking this down is the deep – rooted sexism that underlays the word “fangirl”. When a boy screams until his lungs are empty and his voice is hoarse at a football match, it’s con
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Quick Update

Hello again! It's been a while since I last chatted to you so I thought I'd give you a quick update. Drum roll please..... I'M RUNNING THE SCHOOL SHOW!!!! Exciting right? This year my school is putting on The Addams Family Musical and I am the director. Oh boy is it stressful. I remember my first show, "Oh My Disney". The S6 running it was always on edge and dashing about concerned about this, that, or the other thing. I distinctly remember thinking "why doesn't he just do this or that". Well now I know why and I understand why he was so stressed all the time. Finding cast and getting rehearsal times is DIFFICULT. However, my stress is more than his was because of a few small things. This year the show has been bought in...for £600 aaannnnnnddddd we only have six months to put it together instead of the normal year we have. I've never been a director before. I have no idea what I'm doing. We are stuck in a very short time frame. And I
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My Family and Love, Simon

Hi, I wanna talk about something kinda depressing today. So today I went to see the new movie 'Love, Simon' and I loved it. The storyline, the characters, everything. I thought it was fun and relatable but what scares me is the fact that the one thing I didn't find at all relatable was Simon's family. Now I know that those movie families are designed to be perfect, but his family still had its flaws. I found myself sat in a cinema with 3 of my best friends in the entire world, wishing that my family was like Simon's. I don't want to get emotional or act like me typing something on a computer screen is some kind of self-therapy but I'm really struggling with my family. I feel like all they ever do is yell at me, or get mad at me, or are disappointed in me and I hate it. I know that deep down they love me really but I'm finding it increasingly difficult to believe it. See me and my family are so different. They're strict and religious and have a lo
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Just To Say Hi!

Hi! This is my first blog. I don't know what I'm doing and in a way this is really just for myself. To write down how I feel, instead of bottling it up. To have somewhere to keep experiences in life that I can look back on at some point. So I just wanted to say hi.  Let me talk about myself for a minute. I'm a nerd. I love science, books etc. Music is my happy place. If anyone knows Harry Potter, I'm a Hufflepuff. I'm in school and I just want a place to be myself, hence why I'm making this blog. I love photography and I'm also massively obsessed with Pentatonix, Superfruit, Twenty One Pilots, Alessia Cara, Panic! At The Disco, the list goes on. Some YouTubers I like include Dan and Phil, Superfruit, Markiplier, Jacksepticeye, Dodie and Tomska. That's it. I should probably change my name to DefinitelyTrash now shouldn't I?!  ProbablyTrash x
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