Jen Harvey

Jen

  • Flickr Females

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    The Sunday Times recently ran an article concerning the phenomenon of female self-portraiture on Flickr. As a female user of the website, I was interested to read of the controversy that has arisen with regards to women voluntarily posting revealing portraits of themselves on the site. The debate centres largely on the age old issue

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  • “If Only”

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    Another short short entry in the monthly competition I participate in online. This one actually garnered the most votes which was cool. Funnily enough though, when I read it now I find it a bit contrived and sentimental. Anyway, the theme in June was “If Only” and this was my take on it… ***** I

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  • World Cup Insanity

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    They call it the beautiful game and tonight, as Argentina play Holland, we will no doubt witness the true meaning of this phrase. Anticipation is high here in Amsterdam and sweet memories of past games against Argentina – Cruyff in 1974 and Bergkamp’s balletic mastery in 1998 – are being savoured. The streets are festooned

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  • “First Time”

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    I’m currently taking part in a little writing group online that sets a monthly challenge to write a story of 200 words or less on a set theme. Each month we vote on the best one and the winner gets to pick the next month’s topic. The first topic was (appropriately enough) entitled “The First

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