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Fashion and the (in)Visible Woman

by Penelope Else October 11, 2011
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The fashion debate has started up again in a massive way this month, thanks to Mary Portas in her Queen of Frocks show. Will anything change this time, now that the 14 million-or-so women over 40 who had resigned themselves to being invisible are suddenly realising the problem isn’t them? I’m pretty typical of the issue: [...]

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Queen of Frocks – The Duct Tape Dummy Woman

by Penelope Else October 5, 2011
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Yeah, that’s me, the woman doing some laydee-wrapping on Channel 4′s Queen of Frocks this week. I’m one of the core focus-group women they recruited. Some of you may be wondering why on earth that would end up on a tv show about a shop makeover.  Here’s vaguely why. The photo here is a duct-tape [...]

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Tena Lady advert – a bit of peeing which needs more target practice

by Penelope Else June 18, 2011
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. A perfect example of missing your target market by miles. It wasn’t obvious what was being promoted on this tv ad: an attractive young woman has managed to get her dress caught in the lift doors, and we’re afforded an excellent view of her underwear while the dress is being dragged up by the [...]

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Tip The Web – the future for internet authors?

by Penelope Else April 12, 2011
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There’s a new way of earning money through creating high-quality internet content. I think it’s a winner. Where it starts So, one day I’m reading a top-class article online, and a rush of wild generosity bursts over me: ‘I wish there were an easy way to donate, say 20p, for an online article enjoyed, much [...]

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About Me

by Penelope Else April 7, 2011
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This might start to explain quite a lot. Or…nothing whatsoever. Definitely one of those. I always wish people would put something about themselves on their sites, but everyone is so concerned about looking professional that they cut out every last trace of humanity. ‘Look at me, I am a walking corporation, press here to fax [...]

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Luck and opportunity – where does it come from?

by Penelope Else April 5, 2011
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There’s no real mystery about why some people are lucky and get the opportunities. It’s also not that hard to get some for yourself. What is luck, anyway? Is luck some kind ofcosmic gift – something you’re either given or denied? Or is it something you generate yourself? I’m not talking about the £100k bag [...]

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A few dozen reasons to procrastinate

by Penelope Else August 28, 2009
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A menu of reasons to procrastinate. The first step to getting past resistance is identifying it. Here’s a nice happy list: all the reasons you might have for avoiding doing the task ahead of you. It probably isn’t exhaustive, but you’ll almost certainly recognise something close to your favourites – and may also see a [...]

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