Sally Rooney Archives - Empoword Journalism https://www.empowordjournalism.com/tag/sally-rooney/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Fri, 21 Jul 2023 23:29:20 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 How BookTok is influencing the next generation of readers https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/how-booktok-is-influencing-the-next-generation-of-readers/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/how-booktok-is-influencing-the-next-generation-of-readers/#respond Fri, 21 Jul 2023 23:29:20 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=43727 As a thriving digital subculture, BookTok is changing the way books are marketed to younger audiences. While critics object that the BookTok phenomenon reduces literature to a matter of aesthetics, it also offers insights into how we consume media and culture.

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/how-booktok-is-influencing-the-next-generation-of-readers/feed/ 0 A Series Of Contradictions: Conversations With Friends (Review) https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/a-series-of-contradictions-conversations-with-friends-review/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/a-series-of-contradictions-conversations-with-friends-review/#respond Fri, 08 Jul 2022 10:44:01 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=26491 Following the pop culture phenomenon that was Normal People, Conversations With Friends tells a more complicated tale of the interwoven relations of 4 unlikely friends: 2 stars of the stage and literary spotlight (Nick and Melissa) and 2 poets with a complex romantic history (Frances and Bobbi).

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/a-series-of-contradictions-conversations-with-friends-review/feed/ 0 In Defence Of Waif Girl: Why The Rise Of Rooney Girl Culture Is Problematic https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/opinion/in-defence-of-waif-girl-why-the-rise-of-rooney-girl-culture-is-problematic/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/opinion/in-defence-of-waif-girl-why-the-rise-of-rooney-girl-culture-is-problematic/#comments Sun, 26 Jun 2022 16:35:26 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=26129 Girl Next Door. Manic Pixie Dream Girl. Cool Girl. Sally Rooney Girl. Waif Girl.

Throughout media history, female characterisation has been carved up into a neat set of identifiable tropes, served with a generous pinch of the male gaze.

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