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Sophie Benson

Freelance journalist focusing on sustainable fashion, the environment and consumerism

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  • Op-EdPersonal Style

    Lessons in Value

    August 3, 2020

    I’ve been thinking back on the last few months, about what’s been happening in fashion, what I’ve bought, indie makers setting up selling masks, and garment workers. The thing that ties them all together is value. At almost the very…

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    Instagram is Still Convincing Me I Need New Stuff

    April 23, 2020

    “I would wear them all the time,” I thought as my thumb hovered over the ‘add to cart’ button of a pair of £99 hot pink recycled cotton joggers to match a £124 hot pink recycled cotton hoodie. “I’d feel more pulled together, less scruffy,” I reasoned as…

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    Back to Normal

    April 18, 2020

    As we head towards week five of lockdown in the UK, conversation is turning to what we’re all going to do when everything is ‘back to normal’. It’s been the subject of call-ins on the radio, posts on Instagram and threads on Twitter. In lots of ways it’s really comforting…

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  • Op-EdShopping

    They’ll Still Love You

    December 11, 2019

    I can’t quite believe I’m typing this seeing as it’s still somewhere around May in my brain, but it’s nearly Christmas. Mariah Carey is watching her bank balance gain multiple extra zeroes at an exponential rate as we all try and…

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  • Op-Ed

    Environmental Impacts are Best Predicted by People’s Income Level

    August 13, 2019

    I imagine I seem, to an outsider, quite eco-friendly. I don’t buy fast fashion, I buy second hand, I don’t shop a lot, I buy unwrapped veg at markets, I’ve started growing my own, I use refillable options as opposed…

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    Following Up On… Second Hand Animal Products: A Dilemma

    June 21, 2019

    Last January, I wrote a post about my struggle to decide whether or not to buy second hand animal products as a vegan. I was torn about whether or not I felt I could morally and ethically buy second hand…

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    Double Trouble: Eco-Anxiety and Eco-Anger

    June 17, 2019

    I’ve been a little quiet on here over the past few months. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, I launched this website with the intention of expanding my writing career and it worked! Since I re-designed and relaunched the…

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    I’m Sick of Taking the Blame

    March 17, 2019

    Approximately once every six seconds, a writer or an influencer or a stranger in the street will tell you to buy a reusable coffee cup. This is good advice because single use coffee cups are pollution-in-waiting. We’re using 16 billion…

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