. They differed from better known comics such as School Friend, Bunty , and Girl , produced for younger female readers, because they featured romance stories, make up and fashion advice, quizzes, and pop music and they were aimed at an older female
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Reading Production and Culture
UK Teen Girl Comics from 1955 to 1960
Joan Ormrod
In Girlhood Studies
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2018
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 18–33 (16 total)
“Loving and Cruel, All at the Same Time”
Girlhood Identity in The Craft
Emily Chandler
cemetery screening of The Craft played to an audience of thousands, and included a Q&A session with three of the film’s stars ( Avery 2013 ). In 2015, the British pop music group Little Mix made a video homage to The Craft for their single, Black Magic
In Girlhood Studies
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2016
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 109–125 (17 total)
Guest Editorial
Queering Girlhood
Barbara Jane Brickman
out to the world of international pop music and female fan practices, Hannah McCann and Clare Southerton's work considers the queer potential in fans (known as Directioners) of recent boy band phenomenon, One Direction. Their article, “Repetitions of
Chong-ro
A Space of Belonging for Young Gay Men in Seoul
Elias Alexander
Singing. Doctors, Singing Banquets, and Singing Rooms .” In Korean Pop Music: Riding the Wave , ed. Keith Howard , 123 – 136 . Folkestone : Global Oriental . Fox , Kate . 2004 . Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour
Repetitions of Desire
Queering the One Direction Fangirl
Hannah McCann and Clare Southerton
boybands are commonly described as fangirls, the girl-qualifier reflects an assumed link between femininity and pop music, where femininity is associated with youth, heterosexual desire, and mass consumption. Girls or otherwise, our observation of a fandom
In Girlhood Studies
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2019
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 49–65 (17 total)
Thatcher’s Sons?
1980s Boyhood in British Cinema, 2005–2010
Andy Pope
1980s boyhood memories. The function of music as a memory utility is well documented, with Reynolds positioning it “as an aid to remembering, or as a form of memory preservative” (2012: 117). The nature of British society’s relationship with 1980s pop