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June 2016 | Elena Bjørn
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Friday, 17 June 2016. I Was a Teenage Racist: A Plea. This week has really shown some of the best and worst of humans in the country I call home. Anyone who follows me on Twitter will have seen a series of threads ( here. Where I talked about the murder of Jo Cox, and I don’t think I need to talk about that specific event any further right now (though I highly recommend this piece. My Twitter rant kind of took a turn when I admitted something I’ve been meaning to talk about for a while. It’s not li...
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October 2016 | Elena Bjørn
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Friday, 21 October 2016. Small Business Owner Q&A. Custom pieces make my soul sing. My small business SPOOK and SIREN. Has been live for a few months now, and I get a lot of questions about how I manage my business, where my inspiration and motivation comes from, and how I schedule my time. Now that I've hit a rhythm and started getting more custom work, I figured it was time to answer some of those queries! So why flower and seashell crowns? Is it your full-time job? How do you balance your time? All th...
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February 2016 | Elena Bjørn
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Thursday, 11 February 2016. Reasons I Have Cried. 1 Because Sebastian the crab said "You could go home with all the normal fish and just be. just be. just be miserable for the rest of your life." And because Ariel looked sad. By the way, I watched The Little Mermaid. For my Zusterschap series "Feminist Film School"! 2 Because I remembered the Center Parcs advert with the morose mummy bear. 3 Because my rabbit died. 5 Because I started writing a song and I could hear it in my head and it sounded good.
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Using Hyperlinks: How, What, Where, When and Why? | Elena Bjørn
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Thursday, 7 January 2016. Using Hyperlinks: How, What, Where, When and Why? What’s a Hyperlink? Use a No Follow link if you’re linking to something you were paid to mention. So, if you’re doing a sponsored post on a product you must. Use a No Follow link. These are not my rules, they are Google’s rules. If a brand tells you to use a Basic link you have to refuse or you will be penalised. No Follow links. Within my own blog I always. Pop this into my code. Again, you’ll find out why later. In your own blo...
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March 2016 | Elena Bjørn
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Tuesday, 8 March 2016. In Celebration of Kim Kardashian. I initially titled this “In Defence of Kim Kardashian” but given that she doesn’t make apologies for herself, I don’t see why I should. What I really don’t understand is the rampant double standards here. The misery-lit genre makes millions from the abuse of adults and children alike. If Kim had written a book entitled “How Could He Do This? 8221; would we still dismiss her? Maybe not. She would be capitalising on pity and shame, which is just ...
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“She Might Be” Might Be the Online Magazine We’ve Been Waiting For | Elena Bjørn
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Wednesday, 14 September 2016. 8220;She Might Be” Might Be the Online Magazine We’ve Been Waiting For. It seems that barely a week goes by without some mainstream magazine or fashion brand putting their foot in their mouth. Whether it’s O magazine saying that you should only wear crop tops if you’ve got a flat stomach, or BOB by DOP creating prints with images of plus people on clothes that only go up to a size 16. It seems almost impossible to find inoffensive media. By fats, for fats. Personally I’...
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The Equality Collection: Not So Equal | Elena Bjørn
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Wednesday, 6 January 2016. The Equality Collection: Not So Equal. Clothes: BOB by DOP Model: Angela Scanlon Photography: © David Loftus. I loved Dawn O’Porter’s Channel 4 series about vintage and sustainable fashion last year. I loved it when she opened an online vintage and vintage-inspired clothing boutique. I loved it when she opened pop up shops. So when I saw the press release for her Equality Collection I think it’s fair to say I got a bit overexcited. The UK average dress size is 16. As someon...
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Man on Online Dating: An Open Letter | Elena Bjørn
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Monday, 29 August 2016. Man on Online Dating: An Open Letter. Dear Man on Online Dating,. Thank you for your interest. I'm sorry to have initially concerned you with my glaring lack of a full-body photo. While I generally find it slightly creepy when a complete stranger asks to see a top-to-toe photo of me, I get it. People have a type. That's why I uploaded a photo for you to scrutinise. I figured that was a helpful thing to do. First things first, it is a photo of me. I'm not annoyed that you don't bel...
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Spots, Stretchmarks and Wobbly Bits – Why I Don’t Photoshop | Elena Bjørn
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Wednesday, 16 December 2015. Spots, Stretchmarks and Wobbly Bits – Why I Don’t Photoshop. Anyone who follows me on Twitter will have seen the Worm. For those of you who haven’t, the Worm is my affectionate nickname for one of my less photogenic facial expressions. For some people a blog is like a museum of their life, with all the best pieces laid out for public view, and you know what? Does this mean I’m going to only show you my Worm face from now on? 29 December 2015 at 07:06. 3 January 2016 at 11:58.
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Little Life Update: It's Never Too Late | Elena Bjørn
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Wednesday, 5 October 2016. Little Life Update: It's Never Too Late. For a long time I've been less-than-deliriously-happy in my day job. You may already know that I have a small creative business called SPOOK and SIREN. Where I sell handmade flower and seashell crowns, and I have other products in development due out soon (if you were at the Bloggers' Blog Awards I may have gushed at you about it then! Well, now I'm an adult. And one of the benefits of a boring but stable job is that I have a tiny bi...
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