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Halloween. Crazy cocktails, gruesome grub and an excellent excuse to get dressed up. Magic!
It's not just the first thing to look forward to once the weather starts to turn. It's a fabulous tradition that aside from the parties, food and a reason to dress as Harley Quinn (Suicide Squad), it also brings friends, families and neighbours together to have a bit of a laugh.
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Ah - the beauty that is a good friend.
Or more, if you are exceptionally lucky. They can come in all forms. The ones you see most days at the school gates, the diamond who is always ready to put the world to rights with a glass of vino (G&T, Espresso Martini and/or Pornstar Martini), those that just know you inside out whether they see you daily, weekly, monthly or yearly.
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Liar liar pants on fire. Is a white lie less flammable?
The lies we tell ourselves are not always a bad thing, in fact they could help our ever worrying mind deal with an increasingly overthinking society that needs to justify every decision, be that big or small.
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Looking for your next good read?
I've been at it everywhere. On the bus, in the park, in bed, on the loo and even waiting for the kids to come out of school. Yes, here is my latest collection of book reviews.
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Fashion and Image. It's never simple is it?
- Hazel Butterfield
- 28 September 2016
Regardless of what we feel is irrelevant, there are image issues that many of us deal with, whether it's for our own satisfaction or others. We are told not to obsess about it, but it is not always that clear cut. The next fad, what's on trend is just another way to try and figure out what makes us feel good.
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What being a feminist means to me...
- Hazel Butterfield
- 26 September 2016
I think it's a quite a fluid and subjective term that should not be restricted. To be opinionated, not be dictated to and have your ideals is surely the very nature of feminism.
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