**Since writing this the person who made the comment has since contacted me to let me know that they didn’t write it in direct response to my blog – 100 Years is Too Long to wait for pay equality. But more of a general overview of the way the gender pay gap is reported. However … Continue reading
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100 Years is Too Long for Pay Equality
Last week whilst a vote was taking place inside the Parliament for pay equality, Gemma Arterton and the cast of the West End musical Made in Dagenham stood outside with banners held high in support of this bill. No this wasn’t method acting, this was real. They stood alongside the women they portray on stage … Continue reading
Resilient Women and the time Pharrel Williams was unable to take responsibility
Last week Stylist ran an interview with pop overlord Pharrell Williams. The man responsible for over 40% of the current UK chart hits is notoriously loved by a huge majority of people. But he is also responsible (in part) for that song. Stylist describes itself as a feminist magazine and in the piece said they couldn’t ignore asking him about the … Continue reading
We need to sweat the small stuff if we want to end rape culture for good
With ex-judge Mary Jane Mowat’s recent comments ringing in my ears I think it’s time to talk about rape culture and why stopping “women getting so drunk” isn’t the answer. Rape culture, it’s an uncomfortable phrase isn’t it? It implies that everyone is to blame. It implies that our culture is in some way broken. … Continue reading
My Interview with Little Miss Creative
https://t.co/4N5p7tVf48 A very informative interview with journalist and TV researcher @CharlieBrades #womeninmedia #creativetalks — Little Miss Creative (@weareLMC) August 20, 2014 Continue reading
Revenge Porn, a Reflection of Society’s Victim Fetish
Last week ex-TOWIE star Lauren Goodger hit the headlines with a ‘sex tape’ scandal. This sort of nasty story gets red top newspapers and gossip magazine’s chomping at the bit to unveil each gory detail. We’ve seen this before, it’s an extremely unpleasant betrayal of trust, but what is even more unpleasant is our reaction … Continue reading
I Want You To Think I’m Pretty
This is the confession of a woman who has tried to fight this statement for a long time. It is something I feel confronted by every time I look in the mirror. In our culture we are trained from an early age that being pretty is something that should be important to us. So it’s not … Continue reading
The Womanhood Project – The Beginning!
The Woman Project began filming last weekend and I’m really excited to tell you about it The Idea: In the modern world the definition of what it means to be a women is constantly changing. We are a gender that only a century ago wasn’t allowed to vote and had to fight to be seen … Continue reading
How do you feel about women with armpit hair?
Dear Friends, I haven’t shaved my armpits since January. I’d like to know what everyone thinks? Honestly how would it make you feel if your girlfriend or a date lifted up her arms and revealed an unshaven pit? Or if you were standing next to a women on a busy train who has hairy armpits? … Continue reading
I didn’t write my album for you ..
A few years back Lilly Allen was on the popular quiz show Never Mind the Buzzcocks. A fellow contestant questioned Lil on the swear words in her album. Her daughter wanted the record but she wouldn’t buy it for her due to the foal language. Lilly’s reply was something along the lines of “I didn’t … Continue reading