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Tag Archives: DISABILITY
Dating with a Disability
Here’s a quick link to a piece on dating with a disability which features a few soundbites from me, written by the lovely Damon Rose (BBC Ouch!) for the BBC News website. It discusses the C4 series ‘The Undateables’ and … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Interviews, Sex & Relationships
Tagged BBC News, BBC Ouch, Damon Rose, dating, dating with a disability, DISABILITY, The U, The Undateables
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Big Bra Hunt
Ok…. I’ve a confession to make, I buy way too many bras. Some women have an insatiable passion for buying shoes but for me it’s lingerie. Possibly because as good as a shoe might look on my foot, I’m never … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Fashion
Tagged Big Bra Hunt, bras, DISABILITY, Frip Ethique, Oxfam, wheelchair users
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Monmouth Women’s Festival 2012
Yesterday I was delighted to be the guest speaker at Monmouth Women’s Festival afternoon event. The Festival is from 2nd – 18th March and celebrates the achievements of women both locally and globally. It’s created every year by Ali Green and … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Events
Tagged DISABILITY, Mariette Voke, Monmouth Women's Festival
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Love Your Body
Whilst I was in the nail bar today I was flicking through one of those celebrity tittle tattle magazines and read an interview with a successful young female soap star. She is a stunning young woman with an amazing looking … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Body Image, Disability
Tagged air brushing, Beauty and the Beast Channel 4, body image, DISABILITY, magazines, physically perfect
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Hello 2011!
Happy New Year! Wow, it’s 19 January already, where did the first two weeks of 2011 go?! I thought I should do a brief reflection on 2010 for my first entry of 2011, personally it was a fairly frantic year, … Continue reading
AMI Awards
Last Sunday evening I attended the AMI Awards to accept the Mainstream Media Features Award on behalf of Maverick Television and Debenhams for our work on How to Look Good Naked…with a Difference. I accepted the award with Nikki Fox … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Events
Tagged AMI Awards, AMIs, Debenhams, DISABILITY, Gok Wan, How to Look Good Naked With a Difference, Natasha Wood, Nikki Fox
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Funny or Not?
Excellent article on the BBC News website by Geoff Adams-Spink on comedy and disability: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8611391.stm “Overtly sexy”, now that is what I call comedy!
Posted in Disability, Interviews
Tagged BBC News, comedy, DISABILITY, Geoff Adams Spink
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Photoshoot
Just home from a brilliant busy day, a really great photoshoot. I can’t go into much detail yet, not until after the launch next week, but suffice to say it was a first…. There was a fabulous crew on board, … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Body Image, Disability, Events, Fashion
Tagged CHALLENGE, DISABILITY, MISCONCEPTIONS, MODELLING, PHOTOSHOOT; INCLUSION, REPRESENTATION
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Happy New Year!
Firstly I feel like I should apologise to anyone who actually reads this blog; I intended to be a regular blogger, not someone who half heartedly thinking up random things to write about once every 6 months. Anyway, first 2010 … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Events, Randomness
Tagged actor, ACTRESS, CAST OFFS, CHANNEL 4, DISABILITY, DISABLED, Live from Studio 5
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