(Original post at The National Student)
This week’s experimental instalment of SMILF takes the show’s traditional format and drives a hearse through it.
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SMILF: ‘A Deep Dish Pizza and a Shot of Holy Water’
(Original post at The National Student)
Bridgette takes on toxic masculinity in A Deep Dish Pizza and a Shot of Holy Water.
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SMILF: ‘Half a Sheet Cake and A Blue Raspberry Slushie’
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Sex sells. That’s something that becomes abundantly clear for Bridgette in Half A Sheet Cake & A Blue Raspberry Slushie, after her struggle to pay the rent opens her mind to new career paths.
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SMILF: ‘1,800 Filet-O-Fishes and One Small Diet Coke’
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The latest episode of SMILF builds on the successes of its pilot. In 1,800 Filet-O-Fishes & One Small Diet Coke, the women in Bridgette’s life expose their vulnerabilities, whilst Bridgette takes some much-needed down time.
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SMILF: ‘A Box of Dunkies and Two Squirts of Maple Syrup’
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With a promising debut episode, SMILF combines a single mother’s sexual dysfunction with class commentary in A Box of Dunkies and Two Squirts of Maple Syrup.
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How journalism has failed to impact the clean eating movement
In recent years, there’s been a significant media backlash against clean eating, a health trend that involves excluding certain foods from your diet. Although there have been accusations from specialists that the movement has a dark side, clean eating influencers like Ella Mills and Jasmine and Melissa Hemsley reach hundreds of thousands of people across the UK.
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10 Years of Breaking Bad: The Best Episodes
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A decade may have passed since Breaking Bad first graced our screens, but the series has been rightly enshrined as the pinnacle of TV excellence. From its ground-breaking visuals to its compelling performances, Breaking Bad raised the bar for every drama that followed it.
To celebrate the show’s tenth anniversary, we’ve ranked the top ten episodes of Breaking Bad (even if doing so feels like asking someone to pick between their children). Spoilers ahead…
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Why TV directors should be honoured at the Golden Globes
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At the Golden Globes on Sunday, Guillermo Del Toro secured his first Golden Globe for Best Director, an accolade that few can deny he has earned. Yet at an event designed to honour both film and television, it seems unfair to only highlight the directors of the silver screen.
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Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How and Whom?
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2018 may just be the Year of the Partridge.
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Outlander: ‘Eye of the Storm’
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In this tumultuous instalment of Outlander, Claire fights to stop Geillis destroying her family.
Bethan Ackerley 