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Creative / Writing Tips
Photography tips - How to direct models on a photoshoot
You want to use your friends as models on a photoshoot. Or perhaps you are heading into the world of professional photography. Find out how to get the best out of your models for beautiful photos.
Jrock & Jpop
High and Mighty Color
Jrock bands: High and Mighty Color (HandMC) were part self-formed band, part bionic creation by a Sony mogul. They are no more, but their legacy and vast fanbase live on...
How-To Guides
How to hold a pet funeral
Dearly beloved: We are gathered here today to bury our dearest companions, be they furred or scaled. Let their funeral be conducted with skill and respect. Here's a mooky guide on how to bury your pet and hold a pet funeral...
Japanese Fashion
Tokyo’s newest style tribes: Dolly Kei/Style
Just when you think Tokyo’s style tribes have rooted, a new branch stems from the tree. Dolly Kei is a strange exploration of medieval clothing & Russian folktalkes. Let's explore the wonderful antique-led japanese fashion fit for a Mori (forest) girl!
Interviews with feminist icons
An interview with... Rockabilly queen Bernie Dexter
Meet our sweet-souled Feminist Icon of the Week, rockabilly queen Bernie Dexter. We interview her about everything from make-up and rockabilly music to gay marriage & attending Bettie Page's funeral. Bernie Dexter: Foxy on the inside as well as the outside.
How-To Guides
10 Ideas for giving your workspace a makeover
Your workspace needs to be a happy place. From choosing colour schemes to creating new table fabrics and mood boards, browse our 10 ideas for giving your workspace a makeover and changing the way you work and think.
Vegetarian & Vegan Recipes
The organic food guide
The additives of today are the poisons of tomorrow (did you know that heroin was once sold as a wonderful cure-all?). That's why we present you with a 101 guide to organic food. Just what is organic food all about, Alfie?
Girl Gamer - Game Reviews
Review: Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
DS puzzle game lovers: The third installment of the professor Layton trilogy is about to hit shelves in the next few months. We take a look at what you should expect from this devilish puzzler.
Student Jobs & Careers Advice
How to be a webcomics writer
Interview with Caryn A. Tate, webcomics writer and creator of Red Plains. What are the perks and pitfalls of writing webcomics? Is there money in it? How does one get started? And can girls enjoy the violence and corruption of the Old West?
Unusual Hobbies
Fire walking
Fire walking is a question of mind over fear. It's not magic. We'll use perfectly good science to explain why walking over hot coals won't burn your feet if done correctly. But to actually do the fire walking is another matter...
Life and love advice
Mental Health advice
Advice column: We make every effort to answer your questions. Love advice, health advice, career advice, 'my kitty is a catnip druggy' advice - it's all here.
Make-up Tips & Tutorials
Circus/Theatre make up tutorial
With the aid of eyeliner, glitter and other assortments you can create a makeup look perfect for the streets, the wild circus or the hushed, hallowed grounds of the theatre. Makeup tutorial for going out on the town.
Tattoos & Piercings
Tongue splitting advice
Heavy body modification has gone on for centuries, probably millenia; evolving and everlasting. Pain is considered to be part of the process for tongue splitting - if you aim to get a tongue split we have the advice.
Health & Depression Advice
Advice - How to cope in a psychiatric hospital
"Being put into in-patient care for any mental illness can be hard. As difficult my own experience in a priory hospital was, it was an experience I would never forget as it taught me to love life and help other people with similar difficulties."
DIY Arts and Crafts Ideas
How to decoupage
If you're looking for arts and crafts ideas, learn how to decoupage with every crafter's dream: Mod Podge. As both beginner and Master Crafter, you'll be able to enhance furniture, picture frames and more. Decoupage for all!
How-To Guides
How to survive the zombie apocalypse
So you've read the Zombie Survival Guide? Well, good luck with that. You can't be flicking through a heavy tome when the zombie hordes arrive. Read THIS article and carry it at all times for an increased chance of survival.
Competitions
Win OSiS hair products worth over £50!
We have a goodie bag of OSiS hair products worth over £50 to give away!
Competition closes 11 September 2010
Anti-Folk Art Blues
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
"Will the real bob Dylan please stand up?" Monsieur Tom Waits is a multifaceted artist, underrated musician with a voice like broken glass, actor, brilliant poet, a god, etc. Get to know him better with his 1985 album, RAIN DOGS.
Competitions
WIN: 3 x Whip It DVDs
We have 3 copies of WHIP IT on DVD to give away. Drew Barrymore directed and starred in this roller derby coming-of-age movie. Must-see! Must-win!
Competition closes 10 September 2010
Creative / Writing Tips
Photography tips: How to get great photos on your crappy camera
Coax art magic out of your crappy little camera with a few handy photography tips. From force-flash to 'vintage' lomography, you'll be amazed at what your crappy little camera can do!
Make-up Tips & Tutorials
1920s makeup how to
Get the 1920s makeup look. Our makeup video tutorial and article show you how to do 1920s makeup for eyes, lips and cheeks. Don your pearls and frivolities. Embrace the flapper within!
How to guides
How to deter evil gnomes
Evil gnomes are not cute. They are arbiters of pixie doom. Get rid of gnomes in your life by learning to spot their evil influences in the first place. Avaunt, ye gnomes!
Competitions
Win hyuuuge Love Romance DVD goodie bags
This month there are 3 sets of Love Romance DVDs to give away. Each set contains four feelgood romantic comedies for the summer. Oh, go on... take off your bovver boots and be a great big girl for once.
Competition closes 24 September 2010
Alternative Health & Beauty
Epilator deathmatch!
Health and beauty: Our intrepid journalists try out two of the latest epilators - one girl a seasoned veteran, the other an epilator virgin. So... who's going to win?
Indie / Goth Quizzes
Which scenester are you?
Personality quiz: Are you Grrrl? Emo? Goth? Electro? It's so important to know which scene you're in, and Mookychick is here to help. Find out which scenester you are! Reveal the dirty truth!
WRITERS: MOOKYCHICK NEEDS YOU!
Mookychick is on the lookout for super-classy writers who have something to say. Our writers are sharply intelligent, informed, sweet, ballsy and damn funny. They write about genetics, astronomy, Gothic Lolita, wicca, feminism, music, the perils of being a woman and the joys of having the world at your feet. Could this be you? We want to read your wonderful bitchin' words! Find out more...
Mission statement
Mookychick believes that climbing trees and riding giant turtles is more fun and girly than worrying about make-up. But if you want to worry about make-up instead of turtles? Fine by us. Be you feminist, riot grrrl, kitten, punk, emo, indie, goth, witch, harajuku, vegan, horror junky, intellectual, corset queen, geek, unicorn, burlesque, gothic lolita, sea monkey... be you into gothic clothing, holistic health, wicca, paganasim, xtianity, comics, anime, j-pop, harajuku or jock culture... we will always love you.
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