Vine (an app that allows you to create short, beautiful, looping videos and share them), is one of the hottest microblogging sites today, with 40 million users and 8333 videos shared every minute.
The six second videos vary from comedy sketches and pranks to song snippets and dance battles. But as social media creates a slightly more even platform for real talent to excel without the need for an agent, a big budget or celebrity status, who are the women worth watching?
Amy: The girl behind the name will be released on July 3rd in UK and US cinemas. The documentary film, which uses unseen archive footage to tell the tragic story in Winehouse’s own words, received rave reviews at Cannes film festival in May.
But not everyone is thrilled by the upcoming release, Amy’s father Mitch Winehouse is said to be furious with his portrayal, with a family spokesperson claiming Amy “is both misleading and contains some basic untruths.”
Before you can stay in your lane, you have to know what and where it is right? Here’s how in seven easy steps…
1. Write a list of things you would and wouldn’t do
This can span personal and professional situations, for example on your list of things you would do could be; take a week off work for a yoga retreat, spend a month’s income on new web design or work overtime for no extra pay to get a project finished.
Taking time out to get to know oneself is a trend which has grown massively over the past few decades.
Teenagers now take gap years before University to find themselves, young adults go backpacking to get in touch with their inner selves, and people of all ages embark on self-discovery missions every day through retreats, meditation and yoga.
But once you’ve found yourself, what’s next? In my opinion, it’s finding your lane, and staying in it.
Do I have lipstick on my teeth? Do I have something on my face? Does she hate me? Nah, she’s probably just checking out your dope culottes.
Sometimes, just sometimes, it can feel as though everything is falling apart… and I mean everything.
All in one day I could argue with everyone I come into contact with, fail an important exam, hurt myself in several places, break something beyond repair, get 101 emails all bearing bad news, forget to do all the essential time-sensitive things I had to do, wear a hideous outfit, get rained on and have frizzy hair, lose something I can’t buy again *draws breath* and, not suprisingly, this makes me feel like I don’t have everything under control.
We can’t all be Beyoncé *sob* and we don’t really know how she spends her days, BUT there are no barriers to what we can achieve if we put our minds to it.
11. Be inspired by successful people
On a recent trip to the Guardian and Observer offices I met a number of International journalists, and was struck by how many different ways there are to get into the industry.
As a journalism student it can be very frustrating to hear that there is no clear path to break into the business. While this is a widespread trend, I was soon to learn that few newspaper work forces are as diverse as the Guardian and Observer’s…
A month ago, I thought I was a journalist. I had buckets of experience at magazines, blogs and newspapers squashed into my CV.
I had attended events, received press passes, written copy, edited it, made it SEO friendly, added pictures, and even been threatened with legal action, just like a true journo.
Within one hour of starting my MA in Journalism I realised how deluded I had been.
Phoebe Parke 