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🎞️ The VHS That Defined My Childhood: My Best Friends
One chunky yellow cassette. A whole mixtape of cosy 90s telly. Instant comfort. Before streaming, before DVDs, before I could even work a remote properly, there was one tape that ruled my world — a sunny yellow VHS called My Best Friends. A BBC/NCH (National Children’s Home) compilation from the early 90s, it felt like Read more
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💄 Bratz: The Girls With a Passion for Fashion (and Chaos)
Picture it: the year is 2001. The air smells faintly of Impulse body spray and pink glitter lip gloss. Somewhere in a toy aisle, four dolls with huge eyes, chunky boots, and more attitude than your average Year 9 girl gang have just dropped — and the world is about to change. Their names? Cloe, Read more
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Being a Teen in the Mid-Noughties ✨
Sometimes I think the mid-noughties was the most gloriously awkward time to be a teenager. We didn’t have TikTok or iPhones yet, but we had enough tech to feel like the future was right there in our bedrooms — buzzing, blinking, dial-up loading… MSN Messenger was life. Every night I’d log on, change my status Read more
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Clark Kent vs Rainbow Road: A Hero Falls (Again and Again)
We thought it would be funny to invite Clark Kent to Mario Kart night.We were wrong. At first, he seemed fine. Quietly selecting Luigi (he said Superman was “too obvious” — ???), politely asking which button made him go faster.Fast-forward two minutes, and Rainbow Road had him on the ropes. Lap One: He’s cautious. Too Read more
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🎃 ADN’s Fear Files: The Dread of Saying My Own Name
There are many things I feared as a child: balloons, certain adverts, and people in giant costumes. But one fear that never quite left me? Saying my own name. Sounds ridiculous, right? But hear me out. For as long as I can remember, I’ve felt a weird, cringey discomfort around having to introduce myself out Read more
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💿 LimeWire: The Glorious, Virus-Filled Chaos We Called Music
Before Spotify. Before YouTube. Before anyone paid for music unless it was on CD from Woolies… there was LimeWire. LimeWire wasn’t just a program. It was a lifestyle. A glitchy green portal where you could download your favourite songs… and also accidentally murder your computer. 🎧 The Vibe All you wanted was to download Year Read more
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