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Wayward Wimmin's avatar

Oh my goodness, this is a great read, Sian. As a travel writer and mother of three, it is not the easiest of careers to balance, however, it is very much possible and incredibly rewarding. I do agree with Emma, the judgment I've had for being a travel writer and "abandoning" my children when I go on work trips, despite the fact they have two parents, two sets of adoring grandparents, and I rarely went away for more than five days, maybe once every six to eight weeks, meant that I was a pretty hands-on mother for most of the time. But haters gonna hate. And they have had additional benefit some incredible trips and experiences. It makes me furious when women are judged for their career choices when men get a free rein. Good luck! Sending positive vibes ;-)

And THANK YOU for mentioning Rhonda's brilliant piece on Wayward Wimmin.

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Clare Stevens's avatar

Also I love the tweet of the day and Lottie's article about the roundabout. I started out in journalism working on a magazine for fresh produce retailers ... I loved doing profiles of fruit and veg shops in obscure English towns or going out with plum farmers to their orchards, but there were a lot of articles about shelving systems and I once had to write 2,500 words about packaging. These days I wrote about really interesting topics relating to classical music, but I NEVER get word counts of anything like 2,500!

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