Why it’s so dangerous for bloggers to promote alternative medicine

Scrolling through my Twitter and Instagram feeds I’ll often see that little hashtag #ad or #sp sprinkled across the accounts of various bloggers or ‘influencers’ that I follow on social media. I have no issues with sponsored content in itself - I fully understand the power of influencer marketing and I’ve definitely bought a product just because I’ve seen a tweet/read a blog post about it or seen a great collab. Plus, bloggers have got bills to pay too.

I Want To Read Your Diary | How I Miss Traditional Blogging

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I can’t remember the first time I read a blog. It probably started with reading updates on my friends’ Live Journals, but there was something exciting and comforting about reading their personal posts. A place where they felt free to say more in writing than they ever could in person. Maybe it was fulfilling some voyeuristic tendency of mine, or I just enjoyed being plain nosey, but I enjoyed having a deeper insight into my friends’ personal thoughts.  

Rainy City

I hate the blogger cliche - 'sorry I haven't updated in a while', but yeah, sorry I haven't updated in a while. I thought it was about time I bumped off that sports bra review from the front page of my blog.

So here's what I've been up to lately.

Skating. All the skating. Or writing about skating. Or talking about skating. 

I can't believe it's been over two years since I went to my first roller derby training session and wrote that blog post about it. Since then I've moved up to being a crossover skater on the A and B teams at Rainy City and I'm the Head of PR for the league. Which means I spend even more time on social media or writing updates for the blog rather than this one.