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Adele Jarrett-Kerr June 2, 2016 Blogging

Reasons I’m struggling to blog right now

You may have noticed that things have slowed down around here. Or you may not, since – as is the way of social media – when one channel falls silent there are lots out there still switched on with lots to say. It’s a little inane to blog about blogging, kind of like someone having a sulk about how social media is ruining our lives – in a Facebook status. Yet sometimes, the only way to get through the block is to talk about it. And even if you don’t blog, there may be something here you can identify with.…

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Adele Jarrett-Kerr January 21, 2016 Blogging

Changing my blog’s name from Circus Queen to Beautiful Tribe

Sorry if you’ve navigated to this blog over the past few days and wound up wondering: “Wait. What? I thought this was Circus Queen. What’s Beautiful Tribe?” I’ve wanted to change the name for a long time and I finally decided to go brave and take the leap this week. A leap it’s been indeed. From the technical side, I really shouldn’t have picked a week I was going to come down with a particularly nasty virus that’s going around (hence the late explanation!). And this is only the start. In many ways, changing a blog’s name and domain is…

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Adele Jarrett-Kerr November 10, 2014 Blogging

Ten tips for taking a baby to a blog conference

This weekend I went to Mumsnet Blogfest 2014 at King’s Place in London, a blog conference. I’d bought a ticket way back when, earlier this year, and my thought process was: “Ophelia will be eight months. I could totally leave her with Laurence for the day.” But when I went to a night photography workshop a couple of months ago, I realised two things: I would need to build pumping breaks into the day (totally doable but I prefer to just breastfeed her!) and she would just rather be with me. So, I decided to take her with me. I…

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Adele Jarrett-Kerr March 31, 2014 Blogging

Blogging Through Two Pregnancies

Last week started on a high note with the news that I’m a finalist in the Mad Blog Awards. Thank you to all who nominated me. This little blog has come to mean a lot to me over the last three and a half years. To be up for “Best Pregnancy Blog” is the bling on an already treasured piece of the Internet. I’m particularly excited to have made it in this category since I started blogging back when I was pregnant with Talitha. Back then we didn’t really know what bent our parenting would take. We tended towards the…

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Adele Jarrett-Kerr November 11, 2013 Blogging

I am a Mummy Blogger and a Feminist

The tension in the room was palpable, with sharp intakes of breath and much reiteration of what-I-meant-despite-what-I-sounded-like. The Mumsnet Blogfest 2013 Keynote Panel topic “Can you be a mummy blogger and still be a feminist?” was selected in order to be controversial, though one must ask, “To what end?” Starting with arguably petty questions such as “Is making jam feminist?”, “Is wearing high heels feminist?”, many valuable points to be made were lost from the start. All delegates were invited to attend this session and yet, many would not have self-identified as feminists. The term is still grossly misunderstood and…

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Adele Jarrett-Kerr September 3, 2013 Blogging

The blog is changing!

I’ve not changed my blog’s look for about two years now. Eek! So much in our lives has changed since then and the time feels overripe to give Circus Queen an update. So, while we’re doing that, it’s going to look a bit weird around here. I promise it will all settle down soon. In the meantime, tell me, what are your favourite posts around here? Is there anything you’d like to see more of? Sign up for my newsletter

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Adele Jarrett-Kerr April 9, 2013 Blogging

Should a blog have a niche?

I’m breaking my own rules by blogging about blogging. It feels a little weird, like a writer writing a book about, well, a writer. It’s vaguely self-conscious. Well, hey, I figure you read this blog so whom better to discuss this question with? Circus Queen has been a parenting blog from the start (in a way). I began it at a time when I was pregnant and my freelance work was slow. I wanted a space to explore this miraculous experience of growing another human being and to keep sharpening my writing. Then, when Talitha was born and taught me…

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