Last Friday I handed over my crown, Miss World style, to the new UK Blog Awards fashion winner. Actually it wasn’t REALLY like Miss World at all – there was no crown (though how brilliant if there had been…), and I…
This is not a post about fashion bloggers and what they wear. This is about representation and visibility. All the images above are taken from one source: emails sent to me from my affiliate programme, rewardStyle. Even if you’re not…
“The majority of the finalists are white. The fashion finalists are all female, and there’s not a single plus size girl among them.” This is a quote taken from a blog post written in response to the announcement of the…
Normally at this time of year I write a “please vote for me” post, usually for the UK Blog Awards. Not this year, however. This year I’m doing something different: For a start, I haven’t entered the 2019 UK Blog Awards. I…
Hobby bloggers want to accept gifted items but not do sponsored posts. Pro bloggers need to earn a living. There can’t be an easy solution to suit both… can there? It’s a dilemma that’s been going on in the blogosphere…
Winning two years in a row at the UK Blog Awards was a dream come true, and one I’m not sure I still really believe to this day. I’ve written before about my astonishment at winning such a major award (winning not…
Ever wondered how different blogging was back in the day compared to today? Before social media took over and the word influencer hadn’t even been invented? I had reason to try and find something I’d written in my first year…
Last week I had the pleasure of attending the book launch party of Mumboss by Vicki Psarias, the brains behind the blog Honest Mum. I wanted to share something that Vicki said in her book about the benefits of helping others: “I’ve come to believe that…
“Oh we can’t pay you, but we’ll give you plenty of exposure”. This is heard so often by bloggers that we’d be buried under a mountain of coins if we had a proverbial pound for every time we heard someone…
