All Guts, No Glory: Reflecting on Him One Year Later
There’s nothing quite like anticipating a movie that actually meets your expectations. That doesn’t account for when the film becomes a punching bag for a majority of audiences. Him (2025), directed by Justin Tipping, disappointed the majority. Not me. It had all the guts it needed to scrutinise America’s fetish with football. It never had the glory of recent original works like Obsession (2026) and Buddy (2026), though.
A Beginner’s Guide to the Psychosexual
There’s a lot of conversations circulating about sex in the media today. Today’s target audience of Gen Z are ranking higher on the puritanical scale, which has sparked discussion of a generational moral panic amongst young people. While the media can be a looking glass to the anxieties of society, audience reception also says a thing or two on shared ideologies amongst said society.
The People We Don’t Meet on Vacation
The horror genre is full of lessons: don’t leave your doors unlocked, check under your bed, don’t descend into a dark, mysterious basement. For some with anxiety, like me, it offers a guidebook to staying out of danger. My own anxiety stretches into traveling because I watched too many vacation horror movies.
Your ‘Instant Cult Classic’ is Kitschy
Film & TV Editor for girlblog! Avery Jay gives their dissection into what makes a modern cult classic in an era of short attention spans and social media.
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All Guts, No Glory: Reflecting on Him One Year Later
Why was Him (2025) panned by both critics and audiences? Film and TV Editor Avery Jay reflects on this underrated sport-horror, and explains why it deserves another chance after being misunderstood one year after its release.
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Bridget on Her New EP 'For the Hell of It' and Life as a Grassroots Musician
Colchester grunge-punk musician Bridget has been in the scene since 2022, and has already supported alternative legends The Smashing Pumpkins and Skunk Anansie. In the run-up to the release of For the Hell of It, girlblog! Editor-in-Chief Rachel Gambling spoke with Bridget about her songwriting, career highs, and life as a grassroots artist.
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The Black Girl's Guide to Class Consciousness
So, you want to find out about Marxism? You're in the right place. girlblog! Lifestyle Editor Tenai Palomino provides you with a series of valuable life lessons with her Black Girl's Guide to Class Consciousness.
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Punk from the Past: The B-52s
Editor-in-Chief of girlblog! Rachel Gambling details the career, tragedy, and comeback of The B-52s, and how they became queer icons without really meaning to.
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Lily Hopkins of The Meffs Chats Burn It Down and Touring With Joan Jett
Hailing officially from Colchester, The Meffs have made themselves one of the most talked about bands in the UK's punk scene. In the run-up to the release of their second album, Business, and their show at Burn It Down, girlblog! Music Editor Bailey had a chat with their lead vocalist Lily Hopkins.
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Debbie Gough of Heriot on Burn It Down Festival
Before Heriot’s much anticipated set at Burn It Down, girlblog! Music Editor Bailey Ewers-Smith had a chat with Heriot’s co-lead vocalist, Debbie.
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Pol Mills of BE N!CE Talks Burn It Down Festival and Their New EP
girlblog! Music Editor Bailey Ewers-Smith had the chance to chat with Pol Mills before the release of BE N!CE's second EP IT'S GETTING HARDER and performance at Burn It Down Festival on the 2nd and 3rd September.
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Why Does British Summertime Make Us All Feral?
girlblog! Lifestyle Editor Tenai Palomino takes us through the reasons why the British people all go a little feral during our currently never-ending heatwaves, and what this means for our changing climate.
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The People We Don't Meet On Vacation
Avery Jay, girlblog's Film & TV Editor, picks our some perfect recommendations for your flight to your next vacation destination. Muy bien!
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Four Favourites: June
This month’s Four Favourites from girlblog! Editor-in-Chief Rachel Gambling cover ground from recently released horror and thriller titles Die My Love, Backrooms, and Faces of Death to Coralie Fargeat’s feature debut Revenge.
