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What’s love got to do with it?
by Joanna Patricia Caveney February 8, 2012What’s love got to do with it, Tina Turner rhapsodised in the 80’s. It’s a valid question even today now that a smorgasbord of intimacy options has uncovered an alternative... -
Squaring up to anxiety
by Joanna Patricia Caveney January 30, 2012Here’s why I love Lady Gaga: As anxiety is revealed as the UK’s biggest mental health problem, Gaga’s impassioned commitment to being a bold and fearless female offers a counterpoint... -
Stop The Bitch Wars!
by Joanna Patricia Caveney January 21, 2012When Cheryl Cole made the decision to reunite with husband Ashley earlier this year, the impression from the Twittersphere was less of an impassioned, benevolent concern and more of a... -
Woman – Global Second Graded Citizen?
by Lucille Morgan January 20, 2012“Woman is born free but found everywhere in chains” to paraphrase the famous words of the French philosopher Rousseau. Sad yet true; women are a much maligned force in the... -
Fat is Still a Feminist issue
by Joanna Patricia Caveney January 19, 2012How do you think about your body? I didn’t ask what you think about your body, but how. I find the ‘what’ question tends to lead down a path of...
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Thoughts on Perfection (and saving insects)
by Siobhan Fields February 21, 2012Perfection is a weird word. It’s weird in that I don’t believe it is ever possible to be it. A meal can or a holiday can be it, as can... -
Where were our Sportswomen?
by Manisa Kuinkel February 18, 2012At the end of November last year, following the release of its shortlist for the British Sports Personality Award, the BBC attracted huge controversy for the notable absence of sportswomen... -
Breast feeding: Why all the abuse?
by Annex Achieng February 16, 2012There is a time in a woman’s life when she is the bridesmaid and not the bride. Then follows another stage when she is the ‘Honorary Aunty’ to her child-full... -
Sexual Selection – Who runs the show? (Part 1)
by Jesamine Bartlett February 13, 2012I’m afraid that there hasn’t been a sudden and dramatic overhaul of equality and some women are still chipping away at that glass ceiling or waiting for the vote! But... -
Death and Strength
by Siobhan Fields February 4, 2012In early 2009 I had been told, by my dad, that my grandma had cancer. We had expected this diagnosis for months but no one had ever said the words....
