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A black and white photo of Poly Styrene holding a microphone. She has dark short ringleted hair with a bow in it, braces on her teeth and is singing with big lovely wide-eyed intensity.

Goodbye Poly Styrene

On 26 April, 2011 · 5 Comments · In Video

Today I heard that Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex and general badassery fame had passed away. I immediately went to You Tube and played X-Ray Spex songs for an hour while drinking tea and chair dancing. Poly was an awesome person and music maker, and I think it’s an awesome legacy to leave [...]

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How to get ready in 10 minutes

On 3 November, 2009 · 13 Comments · In Body Image, Video

The other day when I was getting ready to go out I thought I’d record my ritual. This is my “bare minimum” face for being presentable outside my house and I’ve done it since I was in my teens. I have acne that is impervious to over the counter treatments (believe me, I’ve wasted [...]

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Video, yip yip yip

On 7 July, 2009 · 1 Comment · In Video

I thought I’d get off the video thing but yesterday I realised I hadn’t done a “video portfolio” and I wanted to see if I could top my old one, done in September last year. Because I’ve now got an iMac, I also have iMovie… so I’m able to do all kinds of rad [...]

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How to love yourself – redux in video format!

On 5 July, 2009 · 2 Comments · In Video

I did a vlog version of the “How to love yourself in 8 really hard steps” today because I thought it might be good practice to get into the swing of talking and making videos. I actually surprised myself – I think [...]

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I’m a vlogger and a blogger, I have it all!

On 3 July, 2009 · 10 Comments · In Video

So, I have a friend called Heather who has been vlogging for a while and I’ve been hesitantly toeing the water for a while on Vimeo by getting people to ask me questions that I answer on my web cam. It wasn’t until I came across the hilarious [...]

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YouTube videos that made me cry today

On 24 June, 2009 · 6 Comments · In Video

I am quite the choir nerd – This is Perpetuum Jazzile covering Toto’s Africa completely a cappella, even creating the rain and thunder from clicks, knee slaps and jumping on the stands. Amazing.

Yes, I’m gay. It amazes me when people reduce a gay person down to every stereotype they’ve ever heard [...]

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I make videos (poorly)

On 30 March, 2009 · 2 Comments · In Video

new scanner! from Natalie Perkins on Vimeo.
Ever since I got my new camera last year, I’ve been into making videos with it. They aren’t especially good, but I guess I’ve always been interested in video and it’s a way to improve my skill level! I had [...]

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