I first read about Jamie when I was on my morning commute to work. It was winter and I was feeling slightly grumpy about the busy rush hour commute on the tube. But I picked up the newspaper, read about what Jamie was doing, and couldn’t feel hard done by any more. Because this … Continue reading
Last week ex-TOWIE star Lauren Goodger hit the headlines with a ‘sex tape’ scandal. This sort of nasty story gets red top newspapers and gossip magazine’s chomping at the bit to unveil each gory detail. We’ve seen this before, it’s an extremely unpleasant betrayal of trust, but what is even more unpleasant is our reaction … Continue reading
Here is my armpit hair story that was published in Love it! magazine. HAIRY AND HAPPY What’s your current Facebook profile picture like? Is it you with your fella, or a favourite holiday snap? Well, my chosen pic got some pretty harsh comments. It’s a selfie of me in a vest top, with my arms … Continue reading
Last week Julie Burchill wrote an article for The Spectator highlighting the problem of nepotism in the creative industries. Working in the media this is something I’m very familiar with. For those on screen, nepotism is blindingly obvious from Rafferty Law and Romeo Beckham to Lottie Moss, our catwalks are littered with famous offspring. But I think the problem is deeper, I … Continue reading
This is the confession of a woman who has tried to fight this statement for a long time. It is something I feel confronted by every time I look in the mirror. In our culture we are trained from an early age that being pretty is something that should be important to us. So it’s not … Continue reading
I was born rich The top of the globe with a small straight nose Gazing into the looking glass Girls that can’t ever be better than pretty Capitalism steams on Like a freight train Chugging, mugging Snap click Work, twerk Funny, beauty Clever, sexy Kind … of a provocateur A reliable product doesn’t change Grow-up, out, round Silhouetting a … Continue reading
The Woman Project began filming last weekend and I’m really excited to tell you about it The Idea: In the modern world the definition of what it means to be a women is constantly changing. We are a gender that only a century ago wasn’t allowed to vote and had to fight to be seen … Continue reading
Two of my favourite things are cans of coca cola and terrestrial TV. Now these might not seem like exciting things to you but the reason I like them is because anyone can get them. Whether you’re the Queen or a dustbin man you get exactly the same thing, albeit in somewhat different surroundings unless … Continue reading
I meet Jenna at a 24 hour café in Liverpool Street on a spring evening. As I wait for my next Twenty Something, having not met Jenna before, I realise I have no idea what she looks like. She isn’t the sort of person to flaunt her own image online, I scroll through her website … Continue reading
This week four years ago you would have been able to see me on the telly living with a tribe. Anyone who has spent more than a few minutes with me will know all about this. I’m that annoying person who will casually throw in anecdotes about my misadventures on the mountain plateau like its … Continue reading
Embracing wild time from step one
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