March 2012 Archives

Why ‘funny woman’ is not an oxymoron

by Jodie Nesling

| Society, VoiceIt
March 30, 2012

Here we are again. The annual, ‘where are all the female comics?’ debate has resurfaced, this time in an article written by Leo Benedictus for The Guardian. As trite as the topic is, he argues, no one can seem to deliver a coherent explanation to the dearth of ‘funny women’ in...
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Will a 21-hour week be the norm?

by Annex Achieng

| EconomiX, WorkLife
March 29, 2012

My morning routine is fairly typical: I pour myself a cup of tea, go online, check my email, scan through a few tweets while keeping my TV remote control close so that I can switch over to the news during numerous commercial breaks on ‘Loose Women’-then I start my day....
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Eat, Pray and … Kick Ass

by Lucille Morgan

| OurLives, Society
March 28, 2012

Your life is a business and if you’re not running it then someone else will. In this brave, new world of the 21st century, at every stage of our life we’re encouraged to improve, progress, advance and develop. “Idleness” is the new leisure so even if we’re not doing we’re...
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Co-Founders are your Spouses – How to pick the right partner?

by Jo Woode

| EconomiX, KickStart
March 27, 2012

Starting your own business can be daunting; and running it can be a very lonely journey.It is not like having a job or being a student, because it never stops. You will have many sleepless nights fretting about the daily challenges and long term solutions. A co-founder will help you...
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The theatrics of it all

by Sorcha Pollak

| BizBuzz, EconomiX
March 26, 2012

I am going to have to begin this article with an honest admission. Before moving to London last September my knowledge, or interest for that matter, in the subject matter of London’s mayor and the politics surrounding the position were limited. It’s only when you set up a life, a...
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When marriage is not gay

by Lucille Morgan

| Society, VoiceIt
March 25, 2012

I thought I’d chip in on the subject that’s been recently headlining – same sex marriage. I won’t add to the religious and political diatribe airing between the Archbishop and the PM but the concern I raise is with marriage itself. All the negatives on marriage ring true…..it’s not a...
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Socializing your Daughter into Neurosis: “But please mum, I just want to be like the other girls…”

by olenkacogias

| Cognizance, Society
March 23, 2012

There comes the moment that all feminist mothers dread. You are the model of a strong, beautiful woman, a woman who would never let misogyny pass without a fight, a woman who would never consider giving in to patriarchal pressure. Then, through tearful eyes, your young daughter will plead: “But...
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Gendered Conversations: It’s time for some straight talking!

by Joanna Patricia Caveney

| Cognizance, Society
March 22, 2012

There’s been a lot of talk about the “woman issue” recently. In the last three weeks alone I’ve attended the Southbank Centre’s Women of the World (WOW) festival, celebrated International Woman’s Day with which it coincided and last night ended up in the House of Lords, no less, in what...
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We want more women in the boardroom but

by Guest Contributor

| Grapevine, Words
March 21, 2012

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Is it lack ambition or lack of a female-friendly model of success?

by Joanna Patricia Caveney

| Cognizance, Society
March 19, 2012

Why I am not more ambitious is a question that has perplexed me long before Sheryl Sandberg brought the issue to the front pages of the National Press. But following her remark that ‘until women are as ambitious as men, they’re not going to achieve as much as men’, the...
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