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Supporting female led businesses during covid-19 As a small business we know just how important it is to support other innovative creatives! Did you know female entrepreneurs make up just 32% of business owners in the whole of the UK?! With that number being double what it was just four years ago It’s safe to say that in recent times us girls have finally been levelling up on the playing field. With more and more female business founders appearing across the UK, inclusive economic growth has finally seen some improvement. However the knock on effects of covid-19 have left many...

Real Talk:  Volume. 1 - 'Vagina Monologues' Welcome to our monthly Q + A series - ‘Real talk’. An online space to promote empowerment within our community, where we will be holding monthly conversations with huns who truly inspire us!     This month for our first ever edition we’ve been chatting to body honesty advocate Jess Greenash, about the often over-censored and taboo topic of genitals. Jess fearlessly opens up and discusses her journey with all things vagina related, from discharge to plaster casts…   Vagina questions you've been too afraid to ask? Q: Hey Jess, thanks so much for chatting with us...

How to wear a Prairie dress all year round  Many times a dress is bought by someone with the idea that they won’t be wearing it for long in this Godforsaken British climate - but the unforgettable prairie dress is here to challenge this in all it’s glory!  It was invented to fit the hard and  practical life of a rural victorian woman but is now the most romantic dress to ever grace fashion. Dating back all the way to the 1800's its pretty impressive that we're still wearing them now...in 2021. It evolved from a midwestern historic piece to a...

Blog post written by saffron liberty Celebrating pride month. With the arrival of pride month comes an abundance of celebration: corporations changing their slogans to rainbows, people covered head to toe in glitter and instagram posts with feel good slogans. But the authenticity of these motives goes beyond their face value. Has commercialisation ruined gay pride? It's important to consider whether genuine support is actually being provided. Do the LGBTQIA+ community benefit from this, are their voices being uplifted? or is it just in fact, well, branding? As we watch brands change their social media icons to the symbol of the rainbow, play close...

blog post written by @saffronliberty  'Compulsory heterosexuality'  - (coined by lesbian poet and major feminist Adrienne Rich in 1980) refers to the idea that from the moment we’re born, straightness is imposed on us by our patriarchal society. In a world that prefers heterosexuality, by default homosexuality is oppressed -politically, legally and socially. Society is eager to show straight people how to understand their sexuality. But this conditioning means for others it can be a much more confusing, long winded journey. WHAT MY QUEER JOURNEY TAUGHT ME. It took me an embarrassing amount of tinder dates, shitty heterosexual relationships and just shy of...

 Join the conscious club Doing sustainable shopping right can feel deceivingly overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. The key to doing it successfully is attitude. Once your attitude to shopping changes, the rest will soon follow. One of the most problematic traits in fashion is overconsumption. This leads to overproduction which comes at a cost. Who pays for this if we’re not? The people who make it and our lovely planet. The most important thing we can do as consumers is to  S L O W   D O W N !  Fast fashion is a result of the...