In the articles archive, you will find articles written by Alexia. J Barrett, from important environmental topics to social commentary and debate.
Through the Generation UK programme I was able to work with an amazing online lifestyle magazine named Shanghai WOW! While I was at the Wet Paint exhibit in Shanghai I ran into the one and only Dave Pursue and I was able to interview him about his latest exhibit and his time in China. This is that interview.
What is Danmei? Danmei (耽美) in Chinese means “Indulging in beauty”, and is a fictional genre that originated in China. The genre romanticises homosexual relationships and gives a platform for gay couples in fiction. The target audience is generally female, but, as a Danmei fan for several years who has conversed with many fellow fans,…
If you are in your early or late twenties, can label yourself a casual or eccentric book worm, than probably like me you religiously read the Artemis Fowl series while growing up. Even if you didn’t tick all those boxes, but still ended up reading the series, than you can understand my intense love for…
“Being a woman, to me, means continuing to love yourself no matter what.” How this post came to be… On International women’s day last week, Sunday 8th of March, I woke up like any other day. I scrolled through my Instagram, Twitter and the news, and I read the posts on social media, and there…
USS is investing £1.3billion into Fossil Feuls! You need to be aware of the environmental implications of USS due to this investment into Fossil Fuel industries. The USS, also known as the Universities Superannuation Scheme, is a pension scheme prevalent in the UK that has over £67 billion under its management. It has over 400,000…
Racial Bias is Happening in British Media and it NEEDS to STOP! From the New Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy to the American Basketball star Kobe Bryant, there have been cases of the BBC not only mistaking the identities of these figures but being careless enough not to check and speedily rectify these mistakes. Repeatedly the…
Institutions should become more responsible for environmental degradation and not the individual. About a month ago, I wrote an article about the burning of the Amazon, and when I shared that article on Facebook someone said to me that they wished I improved that article by adding advice for individuals at home; to tell them…
It takes one voice to represent the concerns of the masses, one voice to be heard above the cries of the ignored, one voice to inspire a movement and make an entire generation shed tears. That current voice is Greta Thunberg. Greta Thunberg, the inspiration for an international youth movement focused on Climate Change, spoke…
It recently came to my attention that my favourite book series, Chaos Walking, by Patrick Ness, is being adapted into a movie that will come out in 2020. They announced the film back in 2017 but due to reshoots, the release schedule was delayed until 2020. The Chaos Walking film will be based on the…
Journalism is not inherently racist, it does not create racism, however it can be a cause of it, it can encourage it. Racism is an act of segregation and ranking of individuals based on their inherent characteristics or features. “Racism is manifested through discriminatory or exclusionary practices, on the one hand, and prejudiced beliefs, opinions,…
It’s amazing that a topic so critical to the future of humanity and the future of this planet, has taken so long to be reported about. Yet, truthfully, it took a period of protesting online and outrage on social media, for the news of the burning Amazon rainforest to be officially brought to the…