I'll Be Watching You...

Over the past few weeks, I have been playing around with photoshop and this is one of mock double page magazine articles I have written. I hope you like the design and layout!

This is the article reprinted because I don't think the article is that clear in the picture, it is about the issues of stalking in society, which I think is a really interesting topic. 

Recently, the book world has become 

fascinated with stories from the darker 

side of town. Although you my not 

have realised it yet, the next best seller 

is going to be about stalking..Overnight 

the psychological motivation and the 

consequences of stalking is going to 

become a national obsession.Worryingly, 

in these new releases the blurb suggests 

that not only are they subverting old 

ideas about the subject but they are 

making it glamorous.Women in high 

powered jobs are being targeted and 

a teenager with ‘hot’ stalker comes 

under attack (can anyone else see

this developing into the next twilight 

esque hit?) However, these novels 

may simply be trying to dispel 

the myths, not all stalkers are on 

the fringes of society and claims of 

unwanted sexual advances should not 

be dismissed as simply ‘banter.’ 

 This obsession with stalking 

articulates societies anxiety about 

the blurring lines between love, lust

and unwanted attention. This 

becomes more evident when we look 

at the figures 19% of women and 12% 

of men have experience stalking or 

harassment at some point in their lives. 

I mean, who has never casually facebook 

stalked someone to find out about them? 

There are some who are willing to step 

over the line and this should not be 

ignored. 

Personally, the attention this subject 

is receiving in the book world is mainly 

positive because it brings it to the 

attention of a mainstream audience and

starts conversations which will 

hopefully lead to action. This subject has 

too long been a taboo in the literature 

world and these new book highlight the

real life dangers of stalking in our society.

I really like thinking and writing about issues that really effect society and hope to one day write about these issues for real magazine, I hope you enjoyed reading it. 

Lots of Love 

Elouise 

xxx