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Smile, love, it might never happen.

Dear Man on the Street Telling Me to Smile

My hamster just died

Feb 10, 2016

Feb 10, 2016

Jo Bradshaw
in
Smile, love, it might never happen.

Orpheus, shame and that ‘other’ brain.

If I were Eurydice, I’d be mad as hell. I’m listening, obsessively, to Mélodie from Gluck’s Orfeo et Eurydice. (I love James Rhodes’…

Oct 16, 2015

Oct 16, 2015

Jo Bradshaw

Filth, death and the gift of a wreath

It’s late October, 2011. I’m sitting on the filthy floor of my father’s council flat. It’s a few days since his death, and I’ve rushed back…

Oct 16, 2015

Filth, death and the gift of a wreath

Oct 16, 2015

Jo Bradshaw
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Smile, love, it might never happen.

I travelled 10 million kilometres without falling off. Happy New Year.

These are the things I didn’t put on Facebook.

Dec 31, 2014

I travelled 10 million kilometres without falling off. Happy New Year.

Dec 31, 2014

Jo Bradshaw
in
Smile, love, it might never happen.

Don’t think of elephants. Or bananas. Or willies. Or boa constrictors.

Codes: How does what matters to us when we’re little affect how we think about important decisions when we’re pretending to be grown up?

Nov 6, 2014

Don’t think of elephants. Or bananas. Or willies. Or boa constrictors.

Nov 6, 2014

Jo Bradshaw
in
Smile, love, it might never happen.

I don’t like stories that taste like chicken nuggets.

The hand that feeds the bland nugget-mill also has the force to feed the storytellers, the modern-day bards. That’s good, isn’t it?

Oct 22, 2014

I don’t like stories that taste like chicken nuggets.

Oct 22, 2014

Jo Bradshaw
in
Smile, love, it might never happen.

Less Carnally Traumatic Mattering

Blazing vaginas & how to matter on the internet.

Oct 15, 2014

Less Carnally Traumatic Mattering

Oct 15, 2014

Jo Bradshaw
in
Smile, love, it might never happen.

I are not the Queen of Hearts

Who will we be next week? I don’t know. I don’t know. Let’s have a gingernut and (holy fuck, what kind of tea? I can’t decide) …

Oct 8, 2014

I are not the Queen of Hearts

Oct 8, 2014

Jo Bradshaw
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Marketing, re-imagined

Do you write sales pages or love letters?

An ode to empathy. Or, how to write so your sweet souls feel safe.

Jul 20, 2013

Do you write sales pages or love letters?

Jul 20, 2013

Jo Bradshaw
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Marketing, re-imagined

Your brand as a fishtank

A framework for making decisions when you have no idea what to do next.

Jul 15, 2013

Jul 15, 2013

Jo Bradshaw

Jo Bradshaw

I draw pictures and write words for incredible people. I’m writing a novel for children at the moment. Find me at joannabradshaw.com.

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