Allie Daisy King

1 month ago | fashionjournal.com.au | Allie Daisy King |Lara Daly

“I’m at this point where I view the diversity of the models on a brand’s website as a litmus test for their ethics, and if I want my dollar going towards them.” How many people reading this have decided against buying an item of clothing because when they look at the listing on the website, the model is so utterly devoid of looking anything like you, you can’t begin to fathom what it would look like on?

1 month ago | missingperspectives.com | Allie Daisy King

2025 is a year that has already brought with it so many bad things – but the one department that 2025 is doing a stellar job at is giving us some great movies. From coming of age dramas, to a Black female-led buddy comedy, I am in the cinemas with a comically large popcorn in hand and my phone switched to airplane mode. I’m seated. The theatre employees are scared and asking me to leave because I’ve “seen movies every day for a month” but I’m simply too seated.

2 months ago | missingperspectives.com | Allie Daisy King

A recent study by the Policy Institute at Kings College London, in partnership with aromantic asexual activist Yasmin Benoit, has shed some light on just how fundamentally misunderstood asexuality is by the general public. The key findings are as follows;One in three (31%) respondents in an experimental study of 400 people believing asexuality can be “cured” by therapy. Two in five (42%) respondents believe people cannot be asexual if they have sex.

Jan 13, 2025 | missingperspectives.com | Allie Daisy King

Say goodbye to the days of romance novels being a shameful guilty pleasure, and wave hello to the romance renaissance. Bodices will be ripped, enemies will turn into lovers (spoiler alert), there is only one bed, miscommunication will be rife, and there is inexplicably a lot of hockey? Welcome to the golden age of romance books.

Nov 21, 2024 | missingperspectives.com | Allie Daisy King

When I say fascist governments, colourism, and mediocre-but-dangerous-white-men-peddling-propaganda-against-marginalised-groups, what comes to mind? For many of you reading this, I am sure that you are picturing our current political landscape. For theatre kids and those who have been foaming at the mouth for the release of the first Wicked movie, the Wizard is another example of this.