Carrie’s style is quirky and expressive, her personality relatable. However, a major flaw that makes her human has become part and parcel with the life we associate with her, the life we lust after. And Amy Cassell is not so sure it’s a good thing. Are we trading financial security for glamour, and where will that leave us in the future?
Amy Cassell has embraced her porcelain skin and wants to know who said that pale isn’t beautiful? Are you a victim of unconventional beauty? Do people comment on your looks when there are more important things to worry about – such as world peace, climate change or just having fun?
Smoking. Wearing runners with jeans. Finding drugs in the pocket of the jacket he lent you. These are just a few of the no-nos that came up recently when Amy Cassell and her friends were chatting about relationship deal breakers. But she wonders, are they dismissing men for all the wrong reasons?
When it comes to relationships, taboos and deal-breakers seem to be always shifting. Amy Cassell polls her friends and discovers that whilst Christian Grey may have put BDSM on the menu, there are definitely some famous celebrity relationship taboos that are definite deal breakers.
Attending anything alone has always gripped Amy with fear. She think it’s genetics.The entire Cassell clan has issues with being sans entourage. So going to the movies alone, being her first foray into the world of solitude, she was starting to hyperventilate.
I go to Sydney often, and most of the time it’s on my own. The first time I did this, I was faced with an interesting dilemma. Do I stay in a hotel {and well within my comfort-zone}, enjoy some TV time and be really alone? Or should I look for an alternative? I love [...]
Amy Cassell has tried meditation. She sits still and all her thoughts excitedly gather to overtake the peaceful silence. Then it’s like kids with red cordial. They. Go. Nuts. And, for her at least, neither will power nor believing in the process of meditation do diddly squat in the face of that.
Some time ago, I open-mindedly asked my boyfriend “what do you want to do this Saturday?” “We could go to the footy!” was his response. “No!” was mine. Maybe not that open-minded. But, as he whined that we always did what I suggested, I wondered, do you have to share all your partner’s interests? After [...]
Here at The Modern Woman’s Survival Guide, we like to romance the everyday. But some days need more romancing than others, like anniversaries. So, for hers, Amy and the boyfriend decided to spend three whole days romancing in THE romance capital of Victoria – Daylesford.
Amy Cassell attended the Grace Kelly: Style Icon exhibition in Bendigo and learnt about her life and films. But really, it was Grace as a person that taught her lessons about life, style, and purpose.
Amy Cassell recently finished reading Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L James. In case you’re not into chick-lit with a dash of erotica (how could you not be?) and haven’t heard of it, she takes it upon herself to enlighten you. The question is, does it live up to its hype?
