Olivia Petter

London

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Writer @Independent @BritishVogue @thetimes | Author of Millennial Love '21, Gold Rush '24 @4thestatebooks | #Forbes30Under30 | @JanklowNesbit @itg_ltd

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In your 30s, a ‘Sex And The City’ rewatch hits different

1 week ago | vogue.in | Olivia Petter

It was a line from Samantha that did it. In ‘A Woman’s Right To Shoes’, arguably one of the most lionised Sex and the City episodes of all time, Carrie is lamenting the loss of a pair of Manolo Blahniks she was asked to take off at a friend’s baby shower. Miranda points out that legally, the friend owes her for them. “I can’t ask her to pay for my shoes,” sighs Carrie. “Why not?” asks Samantha.
Beach body ready? A decade after that ad, and nothing has changed

1 week ago | independent.ie | Olivia Petter

Message seems to be depressingly similar, despite all the protestsAre you “beach body ready”? For many of us, that question will conjure up the same image: a svelte woman standing uncomfortably straight in a bright yellow bikini, her eyes sharp if a little vacant, reflecting everything that’s wrong with our own bodies right back at her.
The ugly truth at the heart of TikTok’s viral morning shed trend

1 week ago | msn.com | Olivia Petter

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The ugly truth at the heart of TikTok’s viral morning shed trend

1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Olivia Petter

LET’S UNPACK THATAs women around the world continue to share their complex, multi-step bedtime beauty regimes, Olivia Petter asks what this says about modern beauty standardsFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing.
Beach body ready? Why a decade after that controversial ad, nothing has changed

1 week ago | msn.com | Olivia Petter

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Beach body ready? Why a decade after that controversial ad, nothing has changed

1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Olivia Petter

As summer looms and talk of aiming for ‘bikini bodies’ amp up on social media, Olivia Petter asks if anything has really changed since that viral advert from 2015Are you “beach body ready”? For many of us, that question will conjure up the same image: a svelte woman standing uncomfortably straight in a bright yellow bikini, her eyes sharp if a little vacant, reflecting everything that’s wrong with our own bodies right back at her.
Why weddings are not the place to find love

1 week ago | thetimes.com | Olivia Petter
Voices: Hen do? For me, it’s hen don’t – especially if it’s abroad

1 week ago | msn.com | Olivia Petter

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Hen do? For me, it’s hen don’t – especially if it’s abroad

1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Olivia Petter

CommentOnce a joyful celebration of female friendship, the hen do has morphed into a financial and logistical burden, writes Olivia Petter – and it's time we said enoughA friend recently told me she doesn’t get invited to hen dos anymore. “They just never ask me,” she shrugged over a couple of Aperols we’d been sipping in the Soho sunshine.
Wie "Sex and the City" in den Dreißigern plötzlich eine neue Bedeutung bekommt

1 week ago | vogue.de | Olivia Petter

"Sex and the City" war früher cool, heute ist es manchmal schmerzhaft nah dran. Es war ein Satz von Samantha, der alles ins Rollen brachte. In der Folge "Das Recht auf Schuhe", einer der bekanntesten Episoden der sechsten Staffel der Kultserie "Sex and the City", besucht Carrie die Babyparty einer Freundin. Dort muss sie ihre geliebten Manolo Blahniks am Eingang ausziehen und stellt später fest, dass sie verschwunden sind.