#Online Magazine

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Käärijä live in Cologne - 07.10.2024

The gallery is online. Head to kaleidoskopmagazin.com for lots of pictures.

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WTW PRESENTS OUR FIRST EVER ZINE!

WelcomeToWriteblr proudly presents our very first zine, with the theme of "cycles". The zine is completely free in its entirety for anyone to read, as our wish was to highlight the amazing talents of the community we've built up over the last three and a half years. To all of our contributors, editors, designers, and readers, we sincerely thank you! The link to the zine can be found here and also in the source of this post!

BEGIN THE CYCLE ANEW, JOIN OUR SERVER HERE! (discord.gg/earlgrey)

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Featured in the magazine: The Little Mermaid (Русалочка, directed by Ivan Aksenchuk, Soyuzmultfilm, 1968)

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And the second edition is here as well!!

Google drive link (pdf)

A very big thank you goes to the contributors for making this zine possible, be sure to check out their profiles and give them the love they deserve!! ❤️

I hope that you all enjoy this edition and thank you all for your continuous support!! Long live the lesbians!! 💜💗

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Submissions for The After-Hours Journal

Helloo all, We are currently accepting submissions for our online magazine; The After Hours Journal!! Whether you're interested in prose, poetry, politics, criticism, art, cooking, music, fashion please send over your work to us. We would love to sink our teeth into your passions and display them for all to see :) Our website is linked below and submissions guidelines are over there.

Please explore, tell others and contact us :)

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@thebespokejournal #repost

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”

- Toni Morrison

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I recently did a magazine interview for XRTIST MAGAZINE and I was the centerfold, and I got do do a mix and it was actually promoted by the magazine.

Here's a demo of the actual mix because I can't post the actual recording but go check it out if you want!!

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Exciting news!

A friend & colleague of mine decided we were going to make our own literary and art zine! Submissions will be opening very soon, so be sure to follow us on Instagram & Twitter @/moodymedusamag.

We can’t wait to see your submissions!

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My people!

My.Kali: "is the first LGBTQ+ webzine for and from the Middle East and North Africa. they aim to demonstrate diversity and fight repressive forms and norms with art therapy, photography, and visual innovation. The magazine tackles issues related to women’s rights, personal politics, gender related matters, freedom of speech, alt-communities, and new media. This allows for a window of hope where societies’ minorities can find solidarity, offering a safe atmosphere of reassurance and certainty in the midst of regional turmoil."

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Are you a refreshing iced lemonade, a sweet strawberry milkshake, or a cherry-filled Shirley Temple?

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A Homelessness Crisis In The UK | The Hype Economy

There is an ongoing controversy in the UK. One that has political parties picking sides. The brouhaha was created as a result of Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s claim that homelessness is a ‘lifestyle choice’. And because she considers pitching tents on the streets of Britain to be an active choice of the people, she reportedly has plans to uproot the excessive number of rough sleepers. The reason why her comment was translated as an insensitive comment (which it is) is because she did not follow her claim with a suggestion or a solution to address the issue. Therefore she is now the focal point of an ongoing backlash, even by her own party members.

The homelessness issue in the UK

The UK is currently in the midst of a housing crisis. It is a victim of a rising number of  households in temporary accommodation. As of July 2023, the numbers reached its highest level since 1998. In the first quarter of 2023, nearly 105,000 households found themselves in temporary accommodation, marking a 10% increase from the previous year. A figure that represents an all-time high since record-keeping began 25 years ago. Local authorities in England are responsible for providing accommodation to households unintentionally rendered homeless. The data also revealed a 20% increase in the number of households classified as homeless and requiring accommodation as a priority in the first quarter of 2023, compared to the same period in 2022. As mentioned in CNN, Homeless Charity Crisis, the National Housing Federation, and researchers at Heriot-Watt University estimate that 380,000 homes must be built each year across England, Scotland, and Wales to combat the ever-increasing demand. However, only 192,000 homes were constructed in the UK in the year 2022, according to the National House Building Council. In 2019, the UK government had set a target to build 1 million new homes over five years by January 2025. A goal that is clearly not reflected in the rapid increase in the number of people who are rough sleeping. Therefore, when you zoom out and look at the bigger picture, promises as such lack substance and sometimes appear to be made merely for political gain.

Data published by the government in February 2023 indicates that an estimated 3069 individuals were sleeping rough on a single night in England during the autumn of 2022. This marked a 26% rise from the previous year and a 74% surge from 2010 when the snapshot approach was first introduced. The only solace about the figures is that in comparison to data recorded in 2017, the 2022 numbers  represented a decrease of 35%. The data also revealed that rough sleeping increased in every region of England compared to the previous year, with over half of the increase attributed to 15 areas, which make up only 5% of all areas. The largest increase occurred in London, where the number of people sleeping rough rose from 640 to 858. Nearly half (47%) of this number were found in London and the south-east. The demography mainly consisted of males aged over 26 who were permanent citizens of the UK. A snapshot for autumn 2023 is expected to be published in February 2024.

Braverman’s controversial comment 

When all data is taken into consideration, it is evident that homelessness is not a lifestyle choice. A comment as such makes the problem at hand redundant by understating the gravity of it. The home secretary took to X to state that “The British people are compassionate. We will always support those who are genuinely homeless. But we cannot allow our streets to be taken over by rows of tents occupied by people, many of them from abroad, living on the streets as a lifestyle choice”. She further elaborated how unless or otherwise quick measures are not implemented, the UK will fall into the same category in which places like San Francisco and Los Angeles are a part of.  She believes that nobody in Britain should face the fate of living in tents on the streets of Britain. According to her, she wants to eliminate the ones who create a “nuisance and distress to other people by pitching tents in public spaces, aggressively begging, stealing, taking drugs, littering, and blighting [the]communities”.

She also suggested a civil offence to discourage charities from giving tents to homeless people. Under these plans, charities could face fines for donating tents if they are deemed to have caused a disruption of any sort. It is said that the proposed legislation’s aim is to prevent the obstruction of shop doorways  by rough sleepers using tents. Critics, including the Liberal Democrats, have voiced their disapproval of criminalising homeless charities for their efforts to provide shelter for individuals in peril, highlighting the fact that the need of the hour is a more compassionate and effective means to resolve the issue. And not bulldozer through the sliver of hope that homeless individuals are left with. 

The criticism it received

The statement by the UK Home Secretary was met with absolute disdain and criticism from not just individuals with experience of homelessness but from multiple organisations. Her claim downplays the complex and varied reasons behind homelessness, such as falling behind on bills, losing jobs, or being unable to afford housing due to rising rents and evictions. Housing and homelessness charity Shelter made it clear that homelessness is a result of failed government policies, including the exorbitant prices of houses and inflating rates of living costs. Organisations such as Crisis, Centrepoint, St.Mungo’s, and Pathway, released a letter rejecting the notion that sleeping on the streets is a choice. They pointed out that people sleeping rough are often victims of violence, abuse and physical and mental health issues, with an average age of death at 45 for men and 43 for women. Braverman’s plan to demolish tent-pitching urban areas has ruffled quite a few feathers about further marginalising and endangering people who are already vulnerable. 

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A history of haute couture

Although all royal and aristocratic households had custom-made clothes, and competed for the creation of fashion trends, the term haute couture is associated retrospectively with fashion designer’s Rose Bertin’s gowns for Queen Marie-Antoinette. The garments were illustrated and printed in fashion magazines, invented the previous century, and were then copied by local dressmakers, therefore creating a faster-paced fashion. However, haute couture as we now know it has appeared only around the late 1850s. 

Charles Fredrick Worth (1825-1895) has helped define this luxury industry, as we currently know it. He was the first to present his new collections one season in advance, to hire models to present his garments, to sell them as either exclusives or copies, as well as introduce a sewn label inside each garment. It is also funny to note that his wife was the first paid model in history,  in the 1850s.

His Paris boutique dressed Empress Eugenie of France and Empress Elisabeth of Austria among others, but his real legacy could be his participation in the creation of the Chambre syndicale de la haute couture, a reform from the outdated medieval professional guilds.

The term haute couture comes from “haute” meaning “elevated” or “elegant,” and “couture” translating to “sewing” or “garment making.” In order to qualify to the term, garments must be made to the client’s individual measurements, the atelier must be located in Paris employing at least 15 full-time staff members and at least 20 technical employees, full-time or part-time, and present two yearly collections of at least 50 original designs per season.

Nowadays, the term also refers to similar practices in other fashion capitals of the world.

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November is a month of kindness, art, entertainment, and philosophy—from International Tongue Twister Day and World Kindness Day to Men's Day and Fibonacci Day.

Discover the highlights, how to celebrate and more in Magazine Issue 8.

To download or read issue 8 online visit: https://linktr.ee/creativables