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Colette Fountain

(She/Her)
Birmingham
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Covers:  Politics, opinion, fashion, music, film/TV, popular culture, celebrities, topical news
Graduate Trainee at The Times / News Associates Grad / Words in @CNN @thisisinsider @thedailybeast @polyesterzine views are my own

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I'm a first class graduate in English Literature from the University of Birmingham where I served as comment editor for the university newspaper, Redbrick, as well as working on freelance articles

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The 'Barbie' movie could boost Mattel's stock prices and increase the price of old dolls in your ...

The 'Barbie' movie could boost Mattel's stock prices and increase the price of old dolls in your ...

Get ready for a new side hustle: The new "Barbie" movie hits cinemas next week and could have a material impa…

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Keyboard jackets and garden ornament bags: Welcome to the new maximalism movement | CNN

Keyboard jackets and garden ornament bags: Welcome to the new maximalism movement | CNN

Maximalist fashion is staging a loud return. Popularized on social media, the style is more extreme and theat…

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Matt Rife Wants Men to Like Him-So He Punches Down at Women

Matt Rife Wants Men to Like Him-So He Punches Down at Women

The comedian best known for being a hunk says he doesn't want to "pander" to female fans. So he opened his ne…

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The invisible victims of true crime content

The invisible victims of true crime content

Survivors, activists, and even perpetrators of crime are asking for more thoughtful dialogue in the market of…

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'The Sex Lives Of College Girls' Captures The Difficulty Of Being A Working Class Student

'The Sex Lives Of College Girls' Captures The Difficulty Of Being A Working Class Student

Classism pervades almost all aspects of college life, becoming inescapable. Even by the final episode, Leight…

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Mommy Issues, Greta Gerwig and Defining Ourselves Through Family - Polyester

Mommy Issues, Greta Gerwig and Defining Ourselves Through Family - Polyester

'Mommy issues' rose to prominence in the cinematic works of Greta Gerwig. While women in the real world are r…

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M&S and Sainsbury’s show TikTok Shop is growing up

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By Colette Fountain
| buff.ly
This Christmas, the barrage of seasonal advertising looks a little different. Alongside traditional TV adverts, some brands are targeting shoppers on TikTok. High street retailers are among those capitalising on the trend, with Sainsbury’s being one of the first to launch its own branded hub on the platform. Featuring recipe-led content, the hub provides a fully integrated page for consumers to shop.
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What a sale of Marmite, Bovril and Colman’s would mean for Burton

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By Isabella Fish Verified, Colette Fountain
| buff.ly
Burton upon Trent has long been the home of Marmite, its divisive, yeasty aroma wafting out from the factory for more than a century. The spent yeast from surrounding breweries gave rise to the black, tar-like spread and in later years the factory added Bovril, Marmite’s beef-flavoured counterpart. For generations the area around the factory, bought by Unilever in 2000, was a dense industrial quarter where brewing, bottling and food production sat side by side.
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The men who don't cum

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By Colette Fountain
| Dispatch Magazine
“Do you abstain from sex before working out?” It is December 2000, and a shirtless Ronnie Coleman, muscles bulging, is sitting across the desk from Jay Leno. The bodybuilder grins before answering: “I keep as far away from it as I possibly can.” Asked if sex makes him weak in the knees, he replies: “You go weak all over.” Bodies like Coleman’s are the result of years of remorseless discipline. But that has never stopped others from seeking out shortcuts.
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