“Diamonds are a girl’s best friend” has often been treated as proof that women are shallow, romantic, or easily bought, yet in Marilyn Monroe’s hands, it becomes something profound: a song about money, survival, and the terms of womanhood in a world built to make women dependent. The phrase glitters on the surface, but underneath it sits a deeply political idea - whilst love is great. Security is better. The phrase began before Marilyn, but she made it historic “Diamonds Are

The Ethics of Celebrity Relationships In contemporary celebrity culture, relationships are rarely private affairs. They become subjects of intense scrutiny, moral judgement and endless public debate. Ariana Grande's romantic history - often framed as a series of "failed relationships" - provides a useful lens through which to examine the relationship between media narratives and public image. More broadly, it raises important ethical questions: Where should the boundary lie b

I discovered Jersey Shore years after its original cultural peak, yet its impact on me was immediate. I admired the intensity of it all, and in ways I did not fully recognise at the time, I began to model parts of my own life around what I saw on screen. So when the relationship between Ronnie and Sammi unfolded, it felt aspirational: passionate, dramatic, intoxicating. But as I continued watching, the illusion fractured. What had initially appeared to be red-blooded devotion

Congratulations if you were able to avoid the internet in 2022, but you most likely missed one of the most widely discussed court cases in the modern era: Amber Heard vs Johnny Depp. What began as a defamation lawsuit swiftly became a worldwide spectacle, meme-ified like a gritty teen drama and live-streamed. So let's break it down: how was any of this legally permitted to be so public? What was the Amber Heard v Johnny Depp case? The case at the centre of the chaos was a def