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How resilient are you?
by Guest Contributor May 4, 2012I had been with Andy for three years and I assumed I knew him. I had finished work for Christmas and returned home to what should have been a normal... -
Fatal attractions : How to prevent stalking
by Lucille Morgan April 26, 2012Did you have a thing for the boy next door, a fellow uni student, a colleague at your first job, a friend’s friend or maybe your boss? Was it mutual... -
Socializing your Daughter into Neurosis: “But please mum, I just want to be like the other girls…”
by olenkacogias March 23, 2012There 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... -
Gendered Conversations: It’s time for some straight talking!
by Joanna Patricia Caveney March 22, 2012There’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... -
Is it lack ambition or lack of a female-friendly model of success?
by Joanna Patricia Caveney March 19, 2012Why 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...
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Too smart to breed ?
by Annex Achieng May 16, 2012When TV historian Lucy Worsley remarked about being ‘educated out of motherhood’ and ‘being the poster child for opting out of reproduction’ we all wondered whether the longer you stayed... -
The Thin Line of Decision Making
by Annex Achieng May 3, 2012In the beginning there was man and woman. Man never rang woman but could sometimes send thoughtless text messages, “Where R U?” and that was that. Needless to say woman... -
Maze of Midlife Crisis and Craving
by Guest Contributor April 23, 2012I’ve been counselling a friend recently. She’s turning 40 in a few months. She’s a great girl, a real outdoorsy type and full of fun. And, unlike her other half... -
I know how she does it all?
by Annex Achieng April 13, 2012You are most likely to have seen a trailer or had time to see the movie ‘I Don’t Know How She Does It’ with Sarah Jessica Parker as a harried... -
Dorothy – the usual
by Siobhan Fields April 3, 2012Sometimes it’s those seemingly unmemorable times that throw up little nuggets of gold dust, quite unexpectedly. When I was twenty two I had a job, one of those ‘in-between’ jobs...
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Best FRENEMIS forever
by Guest Contributor May 14, 2012The trouble with being registered with an upmarket, sought after hairdresser is that you spend more time in the waiting area than you actually do in the chair. Last Monday... -
Geisha the Feminist
by Scarlett Cayford May 7, 2012Japanese society is often cited as an example of patriarchy gone unchallenged, and in many ways, this is true. The country has never seen a female leader, and the government... -
Beard v Gill
by Jodie Nesling April 27, 2012Last week I watched Meet the Romans with Mary Beard and found myself laughing at Beard’s mannerisms. A few days later AA Gill wrote a review in the Sunday Times... -
Face to Facebook
by Scarlett Cayford April 19, 2012When I was eight, my father bought me a ruler, thirty centimetres of perfect white plastic emblazoned with the words ‘Girls Can Do Anything’. My father, the lone male in... -
She’s like me – but a newer and improved version!
by Lucille Morgan April 6, 2012Ex-super model, Cindy Crawford, was recently quoted as saying that her thirteen year old daughter, Kaia, has inherited her model skin, hair and legs. It’s painfully obvious that Ms Crawford...
