Team Bookends Pick of the Week

This week we bring you our best round up of articles including a piece on the truth behind clean-eating, our love for Hamilton and spoof celebrity Instagrams.

Aimee

https://www.upworthy.com/she-was-raising-2600-so-100-girls-could-see-hidden-figures-she-just-cleared-13000?c=hpstream

Faced with the inauguration, this story has really given me hope this week. 13-year-old Taylor Richardson set up a GoFundMe campaign to give 100 girls the opportunity to see Hidden Figures (about three women who were the unsung heroes of space travel at NASA) for free; the idea being to encourage young girls in the field of STEM research, which is notoriously gender imbalanced. I wish I were as engaged in societal issues at Taylor’s age. Absolutely brilliant!

Helena

https://www.the-pool.com/news-views/opinion/2017/3/lucy-dunn-on-her-love-of-clean-eating

I will put my hands up and admit that I own a bookshelf full of ‘clean-eating’ books. I’ve made chia seed pudding for breakfast (don’t do it, the texture is too much to handle at 8am in the morning) and dabbled with the idea of buying a spiraliser. This article explores the dangers of clean eating and whether it’s all becoming just a bit too much.

Jeska

http://www.stylist.co.uk/fashion/comedian-brilliantly-recreates-instagram-snaps-kim-kardashian-kylie-jenner-kendall-jenner-zayn-malik-gigi-hadid?

For everyone who’s ever looked at a celebrities Instagram post and thought, what the hell? You’re going to enjoy this. Celeste Barber is an Australian comedian who posts amazing spoof photos that highlight just how ridiculous these celeb shots can get.

Alice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5VqyCQV1Tg

In a dark week, the major chink of light for me is that I GOT HAMILTON TICKETS! I’ll be counting the days until November, listening to the OCR and watching this.

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