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Fashion, home, books and the rest of it.
Written by Nina Nolan, mostly at the kitchen table.
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Seventeen inches: what actually happened to the aeroplane seat
Economy seats got wider, then narrower again. What that means for booking, which armrests lift, and why width matters more than legroom.
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Beauty
Beauty was never a size
The reassurance that everyone is beautiful has always felt thin to me.
Books
Some books are not meant to be finished
I abandoned a prize-listed novel at page ninety and felt immediately, uncomplicatedly happy.
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Life
Eleven minutes later, a colleague says the same thing
Matched-application studies show a measurable callback penalty for higher-weight women.
Plus-Size Living
Ask what they would investigate if you were thin
Diagnostic overshadowing is well documented and badly discussed.
Relationships
Spectatoring: the half of you that never gets into bed
Not a shortage of desire, but a shortage of attention.
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About Nina
Nina Nolan
I write about clothes that fit, rooms I like being in, books I did not finish, and the ordinary business of taking up space. Most of it starts as a note to myself.
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