Back in July 2008, I joined a relatively new ‘microblogging’ website and set about finding all of my online friends who I’d met through various hobbies like blogging or Lomography. Having moved to London a couple of years before, I’d pretty much run out of time and ideas for writing full blog posts due to... Continue Reading →
Well, this year has been quite something, huh? Still, not even a global pandemic is going to stop me from announcing my Super Humans! Every year since 2011, I have shared a list of the people who have had positive impact on my life in the previous 12 months and, in my opinion, deserve an... Continue Reading →
Rarely Wears Lipstick is looking a little different at the moment. As my self-hosted WordPress was becoming difficult to maintain with my extremely limited technical knowledge, Topper very kindly sorted out my messy database of a decade's worth of writing and migrated it to wordpress.com. The plan was to, at some point, revamp the look... Continue Reading →
Back in 2003, when my blog looked very different to how it does today, I posted some very short musings pondering the joys of meeting people you don't know off of the internet. The comments thread then played host to the beginnings of a small Manchester blogmeet. That was when I first met Lyle and... Continue Reading →
When I decided to stop updating this blog back in February, it was because I was feeling thoroughly uninspired. I didn't know what I wanted to write about any more and the (entirely self imposed) pressure of updating the site on a regular basis had become an added worry that I didn't need. After a... Continue Reading →
I was trying to write over the weekend and have realised that I've been treating my blog like a friend you always cancel on. I keep making plans that I don't follow through on, jotting down lists of ideas and then failing to find the motivation to write up the posts. This poor site is... Continue Reading →
I've been blogging for 15 years now, and have covered a variety of different topics over the years. What started as an online diary of sorts back in 2003, became a shiny online magazine filled with articles on fashion, feminism, sex and relationships, before slowly turning into a place for me to write about things/places... Continue Reading →
The past few weeks have been hectic, to say the least, but there's been a lot going on to explain my relative lack of blog updates. I've got a new job at the same university (UAL) - which I'll be doing as a 12 month secondment, before returning to my previous role - and it... Continue Reading →
Not all blogs are created equal, but they are often viewed as if they are, without any thought to the status of the person doing the blogging. Not status as in "award-winning", but status as in "part-time" or "full-time". Not everyone runs their blog as a job, or wants to, and this affects not only... Continue Reading →
Escaping everyday life used to be about booking a holiday in the sunshine and getting away from it all. These days, however, finding the cash for an overseas trip is becoming increasingly tricky so it's just as well there are many more options for escape available, thanks to the internet. Even if you can't jet... Continue Reading →