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Anxiety and freelancing: small ways to stay sane
Freelance writers should by rights be pretty happy. They make their own hours, they can run out for a coffee without comment and they’re being paid to write. After years of desk politics and endless meetings, the freelance life has the potential to be wonderful. Indeed, a report from early 2015, “Self-Employment in Europe” (Hatfield,…
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Madness in Copywriting: the redundancy of offence
Every so often, you’ll see a story like this pop up in the paper: ‘Don’t get mad, take lithium’: Joy’s greeting card branded offensive to those with mental health issues And reliably, as soon as the weary sub-editor hits Publish and the story goes live, the tired protests over oversensitivity, political correctness and freedom of…
