Real Life Stories - Sammi Maria Show 'Domestic Abuse - My Story'

Samantha Maria (known more commonly as beauty crush) has a large YouTube following and shares a lot of her personal life, as a result, when she broke up with her boyfriend who she lived with, and seemingly met someone else quickly, she would have to be very open about it all.

Of course, when you hear her story, it explains entirely that she didn't 'move on' quickly, as her abusive relationship wasn't a happy one. Sammi shares her story in this video, and in others gives out advice on being in Abusive relationships and encouraging girls (or guys) to be brave and get out.

Here, Sammi is sharing her life, but also using her position in the media to share a problem that is common, and to try and help others. The video is made better by simple things, such as her lack of make up, it keeps it more personal, real and feels like she's sat at home chatting to a friend about what happened.

Blogger Case Study - Man Repeller

Man Repeller is a Blog by Leandra Medine, an American Author an Fashion Blogger. It is a humorous website for serious fashion. The website includes a link at the top to find out exactly what they mean by the term 'Man Repeller'. Simple, easy to find and no uncertainty to what the blog is about.

The blog has a variety of topics explored, in Shopping you can find the below post on "How to Dress Next Week as Informed by Paris". The styles featured are typical to what is seen by girls as loved by girls and hated by men. It's common discussion with regards to boyfriend jeans being hated by boyfriends, alongside other trends which girls always love.

Pop Culture explores a more wide variety of topics, including an article discussing Kim Kardashians recent exposure on the cover of Paper, (no-one will ever know for certain whether she really got paid millions for it or not). While it is far more diverse and opinionated than most blogs, it still has a clear style subject, focusing on fashionable celebrities, style icons and looking at trends. It does occasionally explore topics such as feminism, but this is all still in a generalised category.

The blog itself, while the author is well credited, isn't overly personal or featuring her face, similar to Style Rookie by Tavi Gevinson (see the Blogger Case Study on her blog here)

Blogger Case Study - February Girl

Following on from the My View post about Joelle's article on "Blogsploitation" I began to explore the rest of her blog. Much different from most 'Fashion & Lifestyle' blogs, hers showcases her personality well. 

Among a few comedic style posts she has "My Blogging Fails" and "Get Ready With Me (Honest Version)". The first of which, features outtakes from various posts, alongside being a great way to share old posts and encourage traffic, it shows her fun side and makes her appear friendly and comfortable with her followers.

A great and really personal touch to her posts is the Song Feature at the top of each, for this post it was "Only Love Can Hurt Like This" by Paloma Faith, or for her Get Ready With Me post it was "She Moves In Her Own Way" - The Kooks, a suitable song for the realistic post.

She is open and honest with her followers which I love, no fake outfit posts here! It all seems very genuine and real. Joelle is also not afraid to make fun of herself, or show her true personality despite the risk of criticism and hate due to being so public about herself.

AnOther Magazine - Geza Schön, Perfumer

AnOther Magazine - Geza Schön, Perfumer from stefan heinrichs on Vimeo.

  Another film from AnOther Magazine's Modern Cultural Curators section.  

This is far more technical than organic like Lily Vanilli's, but shows a different cultural career in a similar format. I don't like this video as much, personally, perhaps because the subject seems far less interesting to me, or I feel like the split screen isn't used as effectively (often has just one image or two shots of him or two shots of other items, as opposed to a mixture).