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Stop the Code of (DIS)Honour
by Annex Achieng June 13, 2012It’s your sweet sixteen soon. You are excited. You are in your room, day dreaming and planning the ultimate party when Mum budges in and tells you that you have... -
The Culture of Low Self-Esteem and High Teenage Pregnancy Rates.
by Jodie Nesling May 29, 2012The UK still has the highest rate of teenage pregnancies in Western Europe. Over the years successive governments have tried to find solutions but have resolutely failed. A recent proposal... -
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...
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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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Fifty Shades of phantasmagorical!
by Lucille Morgan August 28, 2012The most talked about book of the year is flying off the shelves as women devour the latest offering from E L James. It is well turned prose with a... -
Nice Girls Finish Last ? Nice Vs Nasty
by Scarlett Cayford July 6, 2012I’m never sure about how I feel about clichés, maxims and aphorisms. I know they exist because they’ve been proven right, time and time again, but somehow the very fact... -
The Advent of the Heroin Heroine
by Scarlett Cayford June 26, 2012University professor Arturo Santamaria wrote a book entitled “Female Bosses of Narco-Traffic”. A scandalous book, purportedly, a book about drugs and power – and women in the Mexican drug cartels;... -
Marriage is NOT a Career Option
by Scarlett Cayford June 7, 2012Life for a woman is never simple, but some might argue that it used to be simpler 100 years ago. The fact of male dominance and supposed superiority mattered, but... -
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...
