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feminism

  • Why aren’t women paid the same as men?

    Tweet “I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.” Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 1792 It’s International Women’s Day today, and this year there’s…

    March 8, 2015
  • Renee Zellweger and the myth of Just As You Are

    Tweet For most of us who adore Bridget Jones – the books and the films – we fell in love with Mark Darcy at the same time as Bridget herself. When he floors her with…

    October 24, 2014
  • Asking for a friend: do you bare between waxing?

    Tweet This weather has caught me a little by surprise, so much so that I’m not… er… ‘prepared’ for it, beauty wise. Basically I need some waxing, mostly on my legs, but that’s not…

    April 22, 2013
  • MILF or Cougar – why do women have to be either?

    Tweet It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a woman over a certain age (35) who is also a mum and vaguely attractive will at some point get called a ‘MILF’ by teenagers, known to…

    March 28, 2013
  • Hilary Mantel is wrong – Kate is NOT a plastic princess

    Tweet Has the author Hilary Mantel actually met the Duchess of Cambridge? I suspect she hasn’t. Either way her comments* that Kate is ‘designed by a committee’ with a ‘plastic smile’ are really very…

    February 19, 2013
  • Who says feminists can’t be interested in fashion?

    Tweet Honestly, I don’t know why I do it to myself, but I read an interview with Louise Mensch in last night’s Standard where she was talking about fashion. ‘If you’re a feminist, you’re…

    February 16, 2013
  • Jane Austen gave women a voice

    Tweet It’s 200 years ago today since Pride and Prejudice was published. This fact makes me feel quite emotional, partly because of my own novel-writing aspirations, but also because Pride and Prejudice, and Emma, and Sense…

    January 27, 2013
  • Warning: This ad could make you fat

    Tweet There was an article in the Fail on Sunday by Dr Ellie Cannon which basically raised the concept that this ad from M&S, which does, to my eyes, show women of all different shapes…

    October 30, 2012