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The Blagger's Blog – Women shaped humans, giant bunnies and bad tees

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Quote of the week

“The UK press went into meltdown yesterday over a shocking incident in which a woman-shaped human took part in politics.” Laura Bates, writing for The Guardian on reactions to Theresa May in parliament this week.

Weekly High

This giant chocolate bunny is currently handing out cupcakes whilst digging up Piccadilly Gardens in our hometown of Manchester as part of a branding exercise by Dr Oetker Bakery. We’re very much enjoying his company too.

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Weekly Low

This t-shirt actually exists, costs $19.99 from Forever 21 online, and might be one of the most inappropriate items of clothing we’ve ever seen given rape on college campuses is a huge issue in the US, where this is being sold.

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Just in case you missed it

This week we’ve been questioning the future of social media considering new user numbers for the biggest networks are flatlining and online streaming community Meerkat is kaput.

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