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December 16, 2013 - Written by: Yazmin Joy
I remember the first time I witnessed sexual harassment. I was 17, in a nightclub with my aunty. Hold up, hold up! I know what you’re thinking. YOU WERE WHAT!? (Yes I was a wild one!) My aunty was pretty cool (she still is, I don’t know why I’m talking about her as if she’s dead). (Image via) So there we... Read the rest of this post...
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December 2, 2013 - Written by: Yazmin Joy
Okay I am going to confess two things to you. DON’T TELL ANYONE. Number one I love Ted. No, not the philandering teddy in the hit 2012 movie (although I do love him) or Hot Ted who lives down my street (okay okay I kinda do love him too a little bit). I am talking about TED talks. ‘O gawwd!... Read the rest of this post...
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November 25, 2013 - Written by: Yazmin Joy
Now I’ll be honest. I like Boris Johnson. He is like a lovable floppy haired bear, isn’t he? Our darling London Mayor said some pretty radical statements recently, in his column for The Telegraph, about how people should stop picking on the super rich. WHAT? Super-rich people get verbal abuse? How ghastly. Nobody hates the super-rich purely because they are... Read the rest of this post...
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November 18, 2013 - Written by: Yazmin Joy
There I was pawing through the pages of Wednesday’s Evening Standard, crammed on the tube, when I came across this delightful critique on ‘The Bear & the Hare’ John Lewis ad by ES raver Richard Godwin. And by delightful I mean absolutely DEVASTATING. Basically Godwin poaches the advert in a bloodbath of SADNESS and CYNICISM. Why don’t we just cancel Christmas... Read the rest of this post...
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November 11, 2013 - Written by: Yazmin Joy
The Facebook ‘Like’ absolutely confounds me. Isn’t it one of the most baffling enigmas of this digital generation? I mean sometimes it’s really obvious what is ‘Likable’ – photos of cats doing crazy shizz with a comical caption generally cracks me up! Like. Other stuff – I just don’t get. Sophie went to pick up some juice from the spa... Read the rest of this post...
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November 4, 2013 - Written by: Yazmin Joy
This may come a surprise to some people but I hate birthdays. HATE THEM. I have pretty much the same regard for birthdays as I do for Christmas – it’s really a load of bollocks. Always such high expectations followed by disappointment – a far cry from the M&S, glitter bomb that everyone says it is. You probably love birthdays.... Read the rest of this post...
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October 21, 2013 - Written by: Yazmin Joy
… And I was back in the city meandering unfamiliar streets. Earlier this year I spent roughly 6 months in a windowless room in a dodgy part of West London desperately trying not to be mugged (again). After a Summer spent back home in Cornwall I was back, this time residing in North London. My earlier experience got me pondering: If... Read the rest of this post...
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October 7, 2013 - Written by: Yazmin Joy
Okay I’m going to drop the F-bomb. Remember when Natalie Portman challenged ‘feminist’ characters in Hollywood in her interview with Elle UK and Sinead O’Connor openly goaded Miley Cyrus to stop ‘prostituting herself’? Yes Miley, stop it. Stop stop stoooop! There is a lot of stigma attached to being feminist, and I think that the negativity surrounding the word itself has... Read the rest of this post...
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October 1, 2013 - Written by: Yazmin Joy
I think one of the hardest things in life is to watch someone achieve great things while you are still struggling to get a break. It was the middle of the week and I was slouched on my parent’s sofa having a good ol’ pity party in my PJs. I had been rejected from a job I had REALLY wanted,... Read the rest of this post...
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September 23, 2013 - Written by: Yazmin Joy
The other day I realised I was single. There I was, trawling through the supermarket when I approached the chilled dessert aisle. And that’s when I saw it. “Love Tub” I read aloud. “Neat!” – I exclaimed. A chocolate pudding pot for one! Oh. A chocolate pudding pot for one? A chocolate pudding pot for one. The more I said it... Read the rest of this post...
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