Bridget Walsh

Jan 8, 2025 | hercampus.com | Bridget Walsh

The day after Thanksgiving, known as Black Friday, marks the start of the holiday shopping season as millions search for the perfect gifts for their loved ones at the best prices. Black Friday was once the ultimate retail spectacle: an all-day, nationwide event where shoppers braved long lines and fought through chaotic crowds in search of amazing discounts. But in recent years, this once-iconic shopping day has slowly lost its spark.

Nov 4, 2024 | hercampus.com | Bridget Walsh

Halloween: a holiday to watch scary movies, eat delicious candy and collect cheap costumes, which will sit in the back of your closet, collecting dust for years until they finally end up in a landfill. Although Halloween has remained true to its origins of wearing costumes to fend off spirits, today, the holiday is fueled by fast fashion and consumerism. Halloween costumes, designed to be worn one day a year for a few hours at most, epitomize the wastefulness of fast fashion.

Oct 13, 2024 | hercampus.com | Bridget Walsh

Ashwagandha. If you’ve spent any time scrolling on TikTok, you’ve probably heard of this latest health and wellness trend, which users claim will completely eliminate any stress, sadness or other negative emotions you may have, essentially leaving you feeling nothing. But, is this too good to be true, and if it is, why do we want to feel nothing in the first place? As WebMD describes, ashwagandha “is an evergreen shrub that grows in Asia and Africa. It is commonly used for stress.

May 1, 2024 | waterstones.com | Elizabeth Macneal |Bridget Walsh |Nick Bradley

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Apr 22, 2024 | scotsman.com | Bridget Walsh

A series of now largely forgotten tragedies in music halls across Britain in the 19th century, which claimed the lives of hundreds of people who died from fire or crushing, inspired Bridget Walsh’s latest Variety Palace Mystery.Here the author explains more​During the first lockdown in 2020, like many people I was desperately looking for something to distract me from doomscrolling and compulsively watching the news.