“We're not riding off of other people's fans and popularity by doing reposts, we're pushing out original content and asking our viewers to care about what we have to say or what we think is funny.”
“I want young girls to redefine what it means to be "WILD" and for them to feel like it's cool to truly be yourself”
“Two infinity and beyond!”
Shandrea Lewdram is made up of the sharp Toronto girls, performer Andrea Lewis and writer Shannon Boodram. Those girls are on it. They are deeply amusing, inspirational, WILD. Hence the name of their fabulous blog Those Girls Are Wild (“No, it’s not a porn site I swear”- something I say on a regular basis as I am always recommending their blog to people).
They are a pair of genuine best friends, “we started out in a crew of 40+ girls in grade 9 (called the bad gyals) then we downsized to 5 girls in grade 11 (called Legalidies), then after high school it became just me and Andrea (Those Wild gyals!)”, they put fantastically funny skits on youtube and they discuss everything from fake accents and whether or not kids should be sentenced as adults, to relationship advice and more in their "Topic of the Week" segment.
“I love the art of storytelling, I love that people see themselves a little more clearly with everything that I do: be that through my writing, videos or photography.”
Here is the full list (just to make you feel truly lazy): Shannon Teresa Boodram is a freelance writer and a freelance photographer and the proprietor of an online network for inspirational women and a youth worker and a tv presenter and the editor of a book and a kick ass go-getter.
This woman is changing the way young people are educated about sex and was recently debating the sex education issue on a Canadian news channel.
Never afraid to voice her opinion, she will call you out (hilariously as well) when you're doing something stupid, and even call herself out too if needs be...
For all those entering the writing competition : I will shortly be putting up my interview with very experienced, internationally published author Kate Le Vann, (followed by a review of her new novel, The Worst of Me). Her work includes the brilliant YA books Two Friends, One Summer, Things I Know About Love and Rain amongst many others.
In the interview she gives writing advice, so stay tuned to hear from a pro...
Tokyo/Glow is a series of photographs that have been put together to make a short stopmotion film with a sweet storyline. All pictures can are part of a bigger story. Which leads me on to:
A Picture Says A Thousand Words - a new regular writing competition. You are invited to write pieces of up to 1000 words (which can be anything from haikus and flash fiction to narrative poems and scripts) inspired by a set of photographs.
HOW TO ENTER:
1. Follow! Either here, or on twitter.
2. Look at the photos below
3. Write something, anything inspired by any of the photos. You can enter up to three different pieces and each piece has an upper limit of 1000 words.
4. Email your work to zita.thisiswherewebelong@gmail.com as well as your name and contact number. Put "Writing Competition" in the subject line. Do this by midnight (GMT) on 1st June 2010.
5. Now sit back and wait until the end of June to find out if you've won.
PRIZES:
1st prize is the first choice of 4 items from the following list.
2nd prize is the second choice of the 3 items from those remaining on the following list.
3rd prize is the third choice of the 2 items from those remaining on the following list.
Whatever is left will be distributed randomly between Commended entrants.
ALL WINNERS AND COMMENDED ENTRANTS WILL BE FEATURED ON HERE (and then later in the printed zine).
Prize List-
£15 iTunes voucher
A signed season DVD of E4's Misfits
Camera
Audrey Hepburn poster
Marilyn Monroe poster
The Charm Necklace (a necklace in aid of Cancer Research UK with charms designed by Christian Louboutin, Kate Moss, Scarlett Johansson, Catherine Tate, Grayson Perry and Stephen Webster)
The Fire We Harbour - a collection of poetry by the Foyle Young Poets of The Year.
The Informers by Brett Easton Ellis
Just In Case by Meg Rosoff
Magic For Beginners by Kelly Link
Love You Madly by Alex George
The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding
Star-Crossed: A Romeo & Juliet Story by Rachael Wing
We Are The New Romantics by Niven Govinden
Cinammon Girl: This Way To Paradise by Cathy Hopkins
Sunita's Secret by Narinder Dhami
Mates, Dates Guide To Life by Cathy Hopkins
BIG HAIR. A history by James Innes-Smith
PICTURES:
(Click on them to see them larger and more clearly)
If you'd like your photographs to be used in the next competition email zita.thisiswherewebelong@gmail.com with "Photographer" in the subject line.
Any questions about this competition can also be emailed or left in the comments.
EXCITING NEWS: Next week will be the launch of the dopest new writing competition ever. I'll try not give too much away now except to say that photographer, A Tribe Called Next member and all round cool kid Laura Bassi is involved photo-wise, and if you've seen her snaps then you'll know this comp. is definitely something to be excited about.
Stay tuned for more details, prizes, rules etc....
