MIGRAIN: Final index

Research 1) Use Google to research potential magazines that you could use as your brand/design for this project. Create a shortlist of three potential magazines and upload an example front cover from each one. We recommend looking at lifestyle magazines or a similar genre as these are more achievable to re-create. 2) Choose one of the three magazine brands to use for your project e.g GQ, Vogue or The Gentlewoman. Then f ind three different front covers for your chosen magazine and embed them in your blogpost. Analyse the fonts, colours and typical design. What is the language or writing style? How are the cover lines written? What camera shot is generally used for the cover image? You need to become an expert in the design and construction of this magazine and its branding....

Introduction to Postcolonialism

- March 20, 2026

1) Look at the first page. What is colonialism - also known as cultural imperialism? how other plaves conquered other countries and implaced their own culture, values, and systems onto indigenous populations. 2) Now look at the second page. What is postcolonialism? challenges the ideas and power structures created by colonialism. It focuses on how race, identity, and inequality have been shaped by colonial histories. 3) How does Paul Gilroy suggest postcolonialism influences British culture? Britain has not fully come to terms with the loss of its empire, which leads to the continued marginalisation and criminalisation of immigrants, like those from Caribbean and South Asian backgrounds. As a result, British culture still reflects colonial attitudes through suspicion, exclusion, and the desire to maintain racial hierarchies, often reinforced through media and politics. 4) What is 'othering'? the process of defining certain groups as different, alien, or outside ...

Advertising: Sephora Black Beauty Is Beauty CSP

- March 25, 2026

Wider reading on Sephora Black Beauty Is Beauty 1) What was Sephora trying to achieve with the campaign? In th e campaign, Sephora were trying to fix their brand image and rebuild their reputation. It aimed to address negative perceptions such as Sephora is racist and show that the brand is more inclusive and diverse . They wanted people to feel represented and valued 2) What scenes from the advert are highlighted as particularly significant in the articles? beauty salon with Black women under dryer, drag show dressing room with drag queens getting ready, Black mother and her daughter , showing generational beauty practices, white person applying makeup contrasted with Black origins, reference to Lyda D. Newman and the invention of the hairbrush 3) As well as YouTube, what TV channels and networks did the advert appear on? BET, OWN, Hulu and HBO Max 4) Why does the Refinery29 article suggest the advert 'doesn't feel performative'?...

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