My Burlesquiversary – six years of burlesque & body confidence
A little bit of a personal post today – can we talk about burlesque? April 18th marked my six year burlesquiversary. (That is absolutely definitely a real word.) With my best friend Lou (she’s on the right, I’m on the left, our stripes match!) at...
A body positive, burlesque weekend
If you’ve landed here, you’ll know that body positivity is a strong influence in my work and in my attitude to life. Towards the end of last year, I had one of those moments where things just fitted together magically to make a wonderful weekend of bopo...
Body positivity and doing what you love – at the WI!
Back in October, I was invited to speak at the January meeting of the fabulous Cake and Revolution W.I. in Ipswich. I’d heard loads about the W.I. (not least their crafting!) and a couple of my friends are members in other towns, but I’d never actually had...Your invisible crown
There’s a wonderful quote my friend Mimi told me once – “Always wear your invisible crown.” Your invisible crown means you can be the brilliant being that you are, even on the days when you couldn’t feel further away from queenly or...Why I’ll never again wonder what’s wrong with me
This morning, I watched a TED talk by Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code. It came with a warning that it might make me cry, but I didn’t actually think it would. And then it did. Boys come to me when their code doesn’t work [a computer science...
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