Activism and Hobbies:
Cheap Berlin travel guide
Travel guides: Travelling to Berlin soon? Then you'll need a list of mooky things to see and do. Absorb your good self in our list of Berlin hideouts and truly top travel tips...
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10 Wacky ways to be eco-friendly
Environmentalism: Our more unusual eco friendly tips for saving Mother Earth may astound you. Gaia gives you smoochies when you recycle your socks, make draught snakes for your room and pee like a cavewoman outside...
Hula hoop!
Alternative hobbies: Hula hoops are back like they never went away. But that's what you get with a ring: Like a boomerang, it just keeps coming back. We show you how to make a hula hoop - an item as lovely as it sounds.
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Pole dancing – the sport behind the sleaze
Unusual hobbies: Pole dancing - sport or sleaze? Pole dancing classes emphasise fitness, solidarity and creativity. And waggly legs. Even the teeny-tiny shorts are there for a reason. Now let's just pretend it isn't really called a stripper pole...
North Korea and South Korea - Oh what a lovely cold war
How To Guides: Treaties are being strained. Nuclear weapons are being tested. A politician is dead. And the public isn't paying attention. Sounds like the premise of an action film, but unfortunately, it's all too true. Welcome to the dangerous world of North / Sorth Korea...
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How to go on a protest march
Activism: You want to make a change to the way things are done, but you aren't old enough to vote. Or, possibly, you've lost all respect for politicians and would rather not vote. What else can you do? You could try emailing your MP, but one way to really get your voice heard is to go on a protest march.
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How to stay safe on a protest march
How To Guides: Last week: How to go on a protest march. This week: How to stay safe on one. With the recent events at the G20 protests, it's probably worth taking a moment, and 500 odd words, on looking at how protests are policed and the best way to keep safe on protests.
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How to create a moon garden
Twilight gardening: Gardening is one of the most popular hobbies in the world. Most of the time it heavily involves, well, the sun. If you like flowers but are not hugely impressed with the sun, what you need is a Moon Garden.
Bellydance - navel gazing into history
Unusual Activities: Not all people of Turkish/Lebanese/Egyptian origin can belly dance. Not all people who can belly dance are of Turkish/Lebanese/Egyptian origin. That's where it came from, however. Probably. Failed entry to a nightclub propels M to seek out the true origins and traditions of bellydancing.
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How I learned to love cosplay
Interests: Drew Parker discovered cosplay by mistake and knew it was the right thing for her, but none of her friends were interested and she didn't know where to begin. Her cosplay adventures take you through finding cosplay in your area, making costumes, attending your first cosplay event and even setting up your own!
Alternative ballet for beginners
Unusual Activities: Skinny ballerinas defy gravity on the tips of their toes, and unless you're already an indie ballerina ( and there are quite a few about), your response is probably half 'ouch' and half 'wow... how? If only'. Thought you'd never try it? Think again, darlings! Tutus at the ready!
Madame Zingara - the decadent Theatre of Dreams
Culture: The nature of true circus is joyous, irrepressible, untameable. Madame Zingara will be hosted in one of the most beautiful buildings in London this December, and combines extraordinary cirque and sumptuous feasting to bring back the Parisian decadence of the 1920s.
No plastic bags in supermarkets... for real.
Activism: Dear Sainsbury's, it's really great you've removed all your plastic bags from the check-outs. The only problem is - you haven't! Photo evidence and facts from our lovely No Bag Lady prove that some of the biggest UK supermarkets are frankly lying to their public.
China: Yunnan and the lost continent
Cheap travel: China is a beautiful, huge, varied country that ranges from chill mountains to humid swamps and jungle, with giant prayer wheels, shiny 4x4s and lost forests of enigmatic stone in between. Danni visits the southern province of Yunnan to explore the real world hiding behind the firewall.
16 Ways to reduce your carbon pawprint
Environment: Wouldn't it be nice to leave a carbon pawprint just for a change, eh? Sounds a bit more friendly. Anyway, a carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and indirectly support human activities. Heating a home, using fuel and producing/consuming factory goods all leave a carbon footprint. These not-impossible suggestions may help you reduce yours.
10 Easy Things You Can Do To Help The Environment
Environmentalism: Some of us would-be environmental crusaders over-enthusiastically tackle our filthy consumptive drive(making plans we're unlikely to stick to) then experience Quick Burnout Syndrome. Then set a car filled with non-degradable plastic alight in the street in sheer frustration. Instead of failing to reduce our carbon footprint to 0.57, let's talk reality.
The lazy ecobreak
Environmentalism: Going out in your wellies in the rain and digging someone else's hedges is so last year - especially if you've been doing environmentalist stuff for a while and are a bit wary of paying for the privilege of working all weekend. So about an environmental weekend where you get to hang out with big happy brown pigs and work without PAYING for it, courtesy of TribeWanted?
Tribal Bellydance... join the Twisterhood
Active: Sue is a tribal bellydancer who performs with a sword on her chin (now illegal in public, boo hiss). Bellydancing isn't all 'dance of the 7 veils' bare-chested sleaze... it's a historic and recently modernised art that encompasses tribal bellydance, gothic bellydance, cyberfusion and more.
Be brave. Get your undulations out for the lads (and lasses)...
The good, the bad and the ugly... environment tips
Activism: Mookychick aims to be there for you in the good times, the bad times and the times you get so mad you might as well smear your face with ice-cream and throw the nearest lizard you find into a tree. But, sadly, life isn't all just boys, ice-cream and lizards. Let's think about helping our environment, too.
Into street photography? Become a flaneur...
Activity and adventure: What is a flaneur? It's a flamboyant secret artist. A flaneur walks the streets to break the pattern of the boring, busy clonepeople rushing to and from work. A flaneur can use their camera to change the world...
Battery farming campaigns
Activism: Catherine Baker says that major UK supermarket chains want to treat the general public like they treat their battery-farmed chickens: kept in the dark and fed on shit.
Tribe wanted!
Direct action:
So, Monday night found Cath Baker in a very swanky London bar awash with Hawaiian style flowery shirts, young men in sarongs, and an extremely large bowl of Kava. Ahh... more fancy dress! I hear you cry, but no, not an extension of the fancy dress club night craze sweeping London of late. This was the opening party of the TV Documentary series "Paradise or Bust". The series is about British entrepreneur Ben Keene's dream to build an ecologically sustainable village on Vorovoro Island in the far away South Pacific.
No Bag Please
Three words which you can use to help save the world... No Bag Please.
Let's practise. Repeat after me: No Bag Please. No Bag Please. No Bag Please. No Bag Please. No Bag Please. No Bag Please. No Bag Please. No Bag Please.
Poi for beginners!
When Song Breeze mentions poi to people she usually gets a blank look, but they are a dancer's dream: an ancient maori pastime that has been taken up by the clubbing and festival scene. Find out more about making your own poi, doing your first poi tricks and hooking up with the poi community...
Shooting 101: A girl's guide to shooting
We condone shooting neither animals nor people nor indeed ex-boyfriends. But Georgie Hanmer, a majorly talented chick with a gun, highly recommends you learn blast the shit out of bits of clay to improve your hand-to-eye coordination. Bring on the clay pigeon shooting!
Quick guide to travelling overseas
Travelling overseas is an awesome experience. If you decide to take a trip and then realise you're likely to end up in a world of hurt because you've left out the pre-planning, here are some handy tips for surviving your trip.
Basic guide to getting green and recycling
When you're going shopping and swinging your bags of many new summery things the last thing you want to see is "90% OF THE WASTE IN THE SEA IS MADE UP OF PLASTIC BAGS!" but Roswell Ivory tells you how you can go green - even if you have no control over bills and car-use in your house and are too young to vote.
20 Ways... to survive Australia
Coming to Australia? British ex-pats Laura Jackel and Deb Caine give you the lowdown on what to expect, avoid and embrace in the 'lucky country'...
Brush up your slang, perfect your tan and learn how to survive Australia
Martial arts for girl beginners
If you know anyone who does martial arts, nearly all of them will be convinced that the style they study (judo, kung fu, karate, kickboxing, tai chi) is the best style. But the only important martial arts style is the one you choose for yourself. Mookychick tells you how to find the perfect martial arts style for yourself, enjoy it, and not take any bullshit - from anyone.
Rollergirls!
The London Roller Girls first came to our attention last year when London magazine Time Out printed a feature on them. They're tough, gutsy and energetic and take roller skating to a new dimension. We checked a few of them out on MySpace and caught up with them for a chat. Oh, and they look REALLY cool.
Check out the London Rollergirls and their extreme roller derby
Le Parkour: The art of free running
Parkour, linked with free-running, is a demanding and philosophical sport that lets you free your mind and use the city as a giant playground, where any roof, wall or rail is a tool to move you forwards smoother, faster and purer.
There's a catch though - you're unlikely to see women doing it. This is a mainly male zone of discipline... so far...
LRP: Live action roleplaying
Many folks think of live action roleplaying as the hobby that dare not speak its name. They're wrong. We scoured the country for girls willing to talk to us about the joyful escapism of dressing up as an ass-kicking warrior princess for the weekend...
Tribewanted
The Mookychicks have got wind of something special happening near Fiji... a team of experienced adventurers want you to join a 5,000 strong tribe that will make tribal decisions online - and stay on a paradise island in real life.
THE MOOKY GUIDE TO SEMI-EXTREME SPORTS
We've got nothing against extreme sports. They're great for watching on the telly and thinking it would be great to have a go. Fortunately, some sports sound extreme (impress your mates) but are very fluffy and won't even require you to retouch your lippy afterwards.
Festival survival guide
Mookygirls love a good, loud, screamy festival occasionally. This festival survival guide will make sure you come out the other side with fond memories, rather than head injuries and STDs.
Backpacker Tips: India & Beyond
There is so much to be said about backpacking in India.And the sort of stuff you might want to know will vary according to if you're going for a two-week package holiday knees-up in Goa or a four-month 'find yourself' mission.
What you need is info from those who've been about what to take, what to avoid, and what to do about getting the poos and only having one pair of pants...
Happy Campers: Festival Essentials
Be as prepared for all eventualities as a girl guide and as stylish and savvy as a top-ranking mookychick can be with this essential festival kit.
Mardis Gras: New Orleans
RIP New Orleans... for now. Magda Knight had some cash floating around after quitting a job and had a choice: buy a new computer or go travelling? She found herself booking a single return ticket to New Orleans, when it was still in its glory. It was only later that she realised she'd managed to book a flight during its most famous festival, Mardis Gras.
Activism and Hobbies
Get into activity, environmentalism and activism. Learn unusual hobbies like poi tricks and tribal bellydance. Get guerilla gardening and dumpster diving. Enjoy free vegan recipes and take part in human rights and animal rights campaigns - Mookychick
