**Since writing this the person who made the comment has since contacted me to let me know that they didn’t write it in direct response to my blog – 100 Years is Too Long to wait for pay equality. But more of a general overview of the way the gender pay gap is reported. However … Continue reading
Last week whilst a vote was taking place inside the Parliament for pay equality, Gemma Arterton and the cast of the West End musical Made in Dagenham stood outside with banners held high in support of this bill. No this wasn’t method acting, this was real. They stood alongside the women they portray on stage … Continue reading
I’ve got something to tell you. My mother has suffered with mental health issues since I was born. I have never known Mum completely free from her bipolar/depression/schizophrenia/psychosis. You see, she has been diagnosed and re-diagnosed more times than I care to remember. We have spent Christmases visiting mental health units and childhoods fighting stigma … Continue reading
Last week Stylist ran an interview with pop overlord Pharrell Williams. The man responsible for over 40% of the current UK chart hits is notoriously loved by a huge majority of people. But he is also responsible (in part) for that song. Stylist describes itself as a feminist magazine and in the piece said they couldn’t ignore asking him about the … Continue reading
As we drove away from the mountain plateau I hadn’t yet realised that my life had almost stood still for a month, I’d often thought of everyone back home but I was in a different world, I was a different person. I’d left in the middle of the night without knowing my destination and hadn’t … Continue reading
Naked pictures of celebrities are in the news again. With allegedly over 100 nude photographs leaked to 4chan, an anonymous hacker has now threatened to release a ‘sex tape’ featuring Jennifer Lawrence. As the news hit, most of our press has commented on this news by running pieces about how safe are we are online. … Continue reading
With ex-judge Mary Jane Mowat’s recent comments ringing in my ears I think it’s time to talk about rape culture and why stopping “women getting so drunk” isn’t the answer. Rape culture, it’s an uncomfortable phrase isn’t it? It implies that everyone is to blame. It implies that our culture is in some way broken. … Continue reading
Before my tribal experience I would have said I was morning person. I love a spot of sleep and I would always prefer an early night with a bright start. But the reality of waking up with a film crew at the bottom of your bed changes all that quite quickly. No alarm clocks, no … Continue reading
https://t.co/4N5p7tVf48 A very informative interview with journalist and TV researcher @CharlieBrades #womeninmedia #creativetalks — Little Miss Creative (@weareLMC) August 20, 2014 Continue reading
This is not ads as we traditionally know them, this is content. Some publications have even taken to calling them advertorial. An advert in editorial. Yes, you heard that right, an advert in editorial. Our only warning signal is a tiny line somewhere on the page to say something like ‘sponsored content’. The wall separating … Continue reading
Embracing wild time from step one
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