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Why Dove’s ‘Choose Beautiful’ campaign just makes me want to choose a different brand – This is a Write Off
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This is a Write Off. Blog posts by Abi Millar. Why Dove’s ‘Choose Beautiful’ campaign just makes me want to choose a different brand. April 10, 2015. Bull; ( 2 Comments. When I heard there was a new Dove ad, I clicked the link with trepidation. Over the last few years, the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty has become a byword for ‘fauxpowerment’ which, if you don’t like bad portmanteaus, roughly translates to ‘patronising bullshit’. In her case, sadly, it was just a shopping centre.) I was disappointed t...
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Bikini bodies, and a protest without a purpose – This is a Write Off
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This is a Write Off. Blog posts by Abi Millar. Bikini bodies, and a protest without a purpose. May 6, 2015. Bull; ( Leave a comment. Last Saturday, I popped down to the so-called Take Back the Beach protest in Hyde Park. I wasn’t planning on getting involved myself, but I did want to suss it out. Who were these beach-ball wielding demonstrators, and what kind of political point were their bikinis supposed to make? London’s commuter-vandals, however, had other ideas. As a media storm bubbled, they scr...
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Race Recap – Hackney Half Marathon – This is a Write Off
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This is a Write Off. Blog posts by Abi Millar. Race Recap – Hackney Half Marathon. May 17, 2015. Bull; ( Leave a comment. Image taken from the Run Hackney Facebook page. Hackney Half had all the makings of an amazing event. Flat course, superb organisation, perfect weather; the most luxuriantly-bearded runners I have ever seen in the queue for a Portaloo. With that in mind, it was a bit of a shame I had one of the worst runs of my life. And railing about the Tories. So when I prised myself out of bed on ...
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This is a Write Off – Page 2 – blog posts by Abi Millar
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This is a Write Off. Blog posts by Abi Millar. Yoga for stressheads (or, why I’m starting a teacher training course). I am not particularly ‘good at’ yoga. I can barely get into lotus position, I’ll probably never be able to properly do the splits, and I once pulled a muscle during an overenthusiastic attempt at the cardboard box game. Nor am I the sort of person you might associate with […]. Estimated reading time: 7 minutes. Glastonbury 2015 – My verdict. Estimated reading time: 8 minutes. Hackney Half...
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Echo chambers and election day – This is a Write Off
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This is a Write Off. Blog posts by Abi Millar. Echo chambers and election day. May 8, 2015. Bull; ( 3 Comments. In this case, I hadn’t got the faintest inkling we were headed for a Tory majority. Everyone I know is a disaffected leftie, who voted Labour or Green or. And agree with every word. Today’s result, then, has left me genuinely stunned. Who votes Tory? Why do they vote Tory? Or is it simply that the Left tend to dominate social media in general? Tagged as: anti-Tory rant. Journalist and caffeine ...
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Resisting the ‘Surrender to the Boring’ – This is a Write Off
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This is a Write Off. Blog posts by Abi Millar. Resisting the ‘Surrender to the Boring’. June 8, 2015. Bull; ( Leave a comment. A few weeks ago, the Guardian ran an article. In praise of ‘becoming boring’. It suggested that the nation’s youth are abandoning, en masse, the pleasures of binge drinking in the Balearics, replacing it with a newfound love for crafts and bridge. What bugs me more, though, is that she seems to think this ‘surrender to the Boring’ is somehow subversive, as opposed to being. Yep, ...
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This is a Write Off – Page 4 – blog posts by Abi Millar
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This is a Write Off. Blog posts by Abi Millar. Cracking the code to online dating. Last night, quite inadvertently, my housemate and I cracked the code to online dating success. Of course, it all depends on how you define ‘success’ if your interpretation involves a white dress, a white picket fence and a whitewashed sexual track record, then our approach may not be the […]. Estimated reading time: 9 minutes. First day as a freelancer. Estimated reading time: 3 minutes. Estimated reading time: 6 minutes.
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This Is What One of London’s ‘Female Pick-Up Artist’ Seminars Is Actually Like – This is a Write Off
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This is a Write Off. Blog posts by Abi Millar. This Is What One of London’s ‘Female Pick-Up Artist’ Seminars Is Actually Like. May 12, 2015. Bull; ( Leave a comment. Whatever your views on pick-up artists harmless idiots in trilby hats or the scourge of Leicester Square it’s safe to say the PUA scene is not for girls. Women, by and large, have little interest in milling around outside Tiger Tiger, negging passersby about their shoes. I decided that attending the event, which took place on Saturday in the...
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Glastonbury 2015 – My verdict – This is a Write Off
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This is a Write Off. Blog posts by Abi Millar. Glastonbury 2015 – My verdict. July 1, 2015. Bull; ( 2 Comments. The days immediately following a festival are supposed to be when you pay the price. Your legs ache. Your sunburn stings. Your mystery rash (contracted either from hugging a raver, or urinating in a bush) deepens to a curious shade of fuchsia. Your internal organs burst into tears, and your serotonin pathways scream “no more” to you. That said, I’ve wanted to go to Glastonbury for as long as I’...