I’m starting a new weekly series to celebrate inspiring women. I’m starting with the amazing Beth Ditto! I have to confess, I am late to the Beth Ditto fan club, having only actually listened to her for the first time last year. But I am a convert.
From the blog
16 in ’16
The wonderful Sophie had a fantastic idea to come up with 16 goals for 2016, in her own words. The concept of 16 in ’16 is simple; an opportunity to sit down, reflect on the past year and think about what things we did well, what things we’d like to[…]
“You’re obviously not as happy with your body as you make out”
I was going to tweet about this, but realised it would be far too long to fit into even a series of tweets. In a massive misrepresentation of what the body positive movement is about I got sent this tweet.
How not to recover from a social media fail Pt II
Have to say, I’m not sure I do want to write this post, as it means more airtime for the brand, but there are some things I want to address that are slightly separate from my previous post. The abridged version is, Scarlett & Jo were rude to a customer[…]
How not to recover from a social media fail, feat Scarlett and Jo
Putting this all in one place for an easy read. Scarlett and Jo have posted some ill advised comments tonight, which were bad but damage limitation could have helped, instead they decided to pour fuel on the fire – and when I say fuel, think more gunpowder than lighter fluid.
#TheAbleistScript
If you follow me on Twitter then you’ll have seen this already. There is a hashtag about Ableist speech and attitudes, it’s full of quotes that have been said to disabled people, as well as more generalised examples of how disabled people are treated.
I went to the doctor..
I went to the doctor the other day, it was a new doctor. One I hadn’t seen before, but she’d been all over Twitter giving health advice so I thought I’d give her a go. You know, I’ve had all these health problems for years now, tried so many treatments,[…]
What I would have spent: Halloween edition
It’s looking like we’re not going to manage our own Halloween party this year (sympathy please) so I thought I’d instead torment myself my gazing longingly at some of the gorgeous Halloween inspired ranges out at the moment. And then I was swiftly disappointed.
The Curvee Awards – Meet the Nominations
The nominations are now closed for The Curvee Awards, and voting is now open. So who are you going to be voting for? Come meet the nominees!
Social Services vs. actual support Pt. 2
So earlier today I wrote a post about the problems we’d been having with social services, I’ve already got more to add to it. In this one I’m going to talk about how health visitors need to drastically improve their training, and how social services need to quit pretending they[…]