Caitlin Barr

Enthusiastic award winning London based journalist. City MA Magazine Journalism student. Previously print editor of RAZZ magazine. Interested in writing about culture, lifestyle, mental health and current affairs. 


Contact me on caitlinbarr872@gmail.com or via my Twitter.


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RAZZ •

The Female Gaze in Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

The Bechdel Test, named after its creator Alison Bechdel, aims to measure female representation in film via three criteria: the film must have two named female characters (1), who have a conversation with each other (2) about something other than a man (3). The fact that 60% of films surveyed in 2021 passed the test is hardly cause for celebration — the other 40% (a sizeable chunk!) did not meet the very simple conditions.
The Indiependent •

Live Review: Lucy Dacus // Marble Factory, Bristol, 24.03.22

The Marble Factory is alive with anticipation. As Lucy Dacus takes to the stage, the crowd expels the breath they have been holding and muffled cheers from behind masks. The first chord of ‘Triple Dog Dare’ strikes up, and the excitement in the room erupts – and it’s just the start of an excellent show from Dacus and her band. The Virginian singer’s return to the UK after COVID was triumphant. Having spent most of her American tour on a couch due to a herniated disc, and then cancelling her fir
Exeposé Online •

Single Review: Big Thief – Little Things

Brooklyn band Big Thief have always had a knack for capturing small, intimate moments in lyrics. Little Things, the band’s latest single released earlier this month, follows suit, putting to music the thoughts of a lover trapped in an obsessive, intoxicating relationship. The upbeat utilisation of clapping and a buoyant guitar track juxtaposes with lead singer Lenker’s somewhat morose, subdued vocals, giving the whole track a sense of irony.
Exeposé Online •

Single Review: Lorde – Solar Power

Just in time for hot girl summer, Lorde’s new single Solar Power has hit streaming platforms. The first track from the upcoming album of the same name was released to coincide with 2021’s only solar eclipse, and has a distinctly hippy vibe, with the music video leaning heavily into cult vibes. Men and women in beige kaftans and shorts perform what look like yoga routines on the sand while the singer skips around in bright yellow and declares herself ‘a prettier Jesus’.
RAZZ •

Roma and the Entrapment of Domestic Servitude

In the opening scene of Alfonso Cuarón’s 2018 film Roma, a plane crosses the sky, reflected in a pool of water on tiles. This shot seems to last a lifetime until the camera pans to a woman mopping the floor, enclosed in the side passage of the large townhouse she is cleaning. The contrast between the two images is stark: the freedom of travelling the whole world, set against an image of a woman trapped as much by her chores as she is the shot she is framed in.
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