Redefining #LikeAGirl
Confidence-drops at the time of puberty is common knowledge, yet during marketing research done by Always, a feminine hygiene company whose brand equity is based on boosting confidence, it was found that…
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Virunga: How a Netflix Documentary Fought an Oil Company
Figure 1. Virunga Promotional Poster – Netflix. The Netflix documentary Virunga (Orlando von Einsiedel, 2014) tells the story of Congo’s national park, Virunga, home to the world’s last remaining mountain gorillas. It…
The Problem With Apu
The Simpsons has recently become the longest running scripted show in primetime American television history, as of April 2018 the show had aired 636 episodes since its debut in December 1989. The show has been ever…
The impact of Rang-Tan: How the banning of Iceland’s ‘controversial’ advert, was the best thing to happen to the #DirtyPalmOil campaign.
According to the recent UN report, published a month ago, ‘rapid and unprecedented action’ is required to stop global temperatures rising 1.5°C. So why, a month on from this harrowing report, has an advert about the…
Before the Flood: Is it too late to save our planet from the horrors of Global Warming?
Activist documentary exposé Before the Flood(BTF) seeks to educate audiences on US politics surrounding global warming. Beginning with observational footage of a diminishing global landscape, the documentary then…