by thevagenda
If you are one of those rare human beings who pays their taxes and prefers to conduct their romantic relationships free from government interference, you’ll no doubt be pleased to hear that the Department of Education has stuck £45,000 worth of its oar in by paying relationship charity OneplusOne to produce a campaign entitled (and […]
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Oh, lads’ holidays. What a week of depravity, of filming strangers doing sex for a shot, sexist slogan tees and Lad Culture on speed, loutish DJs demanding ‘slut-drops’ and 18 year old girls being plied with booze. If you listen carefully, you can probably hear a tactical chunder somewhere in the distance. It is truly […]
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You know the face. When someone quickly realises they have told you something they will regret. It’s the face my sister saw when I accidently told her Dumbledore died (sorry again, Sis). It’s the same face this woman had after she turned to me, at a party, and said “I’m not a feminist”. It wasn’t […]
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I started running some years ago. That first, tentative heavy jog around Wandsworth Common in baggy grey trousers and my PE trainers changed my life. From there I dove head first into the health and fitness world, and this hasn’t come without some unhealthy troubles. Running has remained the constant. And this has been wholeheartedly […]
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Something has been a-brewing on Twitter. Well, something is always brewing on Twitter. In fact, usually it’s boiling over – or in this case providing a mini explosion of sarky self-righteousness. Less ‘hubble, bubble, toil and trouble’ and more a case of aggravated shit stirring. The topic in question? Pants. Lovely, colourful sustainable pants […]
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I’ve been wanting to write about arguing with men about rape for a long time now. I sort of knew my argument, and I tried to write it before, but it just wasn’t clear enough in my head. It took one of those full-blown arguments on (yes, you’ve done it too) a Facebook thread to […]
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I decided I needed to write this after hearing someone speaking on the news recently about Jimmy Saville’s victims and (briefly) about the long term effects they might suffer. The spokesperson clearly meant well but the only thing, other than generic “long term effects”, that he mentioned was that “many suffer flashbacks. I can’t help […]
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My father-in-law is a good sort: generous, good-humoured, sincere. But frankly, when it comes to women’s issues, he is all kinds of fucking dinosaur. “Paternity leave! Bloody ridiculous!” he exclaimed the other day, while reading the paper. Now normally, for the sake of family cohesion, I let things like this go: Father-in-law: Global warming is […]
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When I left hospital at the age of 21, I would have described myself as 75% recovered from my eating disorder. This is a bit like deciding to go to Barcelona for a holiday, getting 75% of the way there (on a Ryanair flight, obvs) and then deciding you might as well set up camp […]
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Initially, the close vote in Monday’s Supreme Court ruling struck me as a surprise. I had anticipated the Justices to side heavily with Hobby Lobby, a corporation fighting against the contraception mandate in the Affordable Care Act on the grounds of religious freedom. Instead, the case of Burwell v Hobby Lobby came to a close […]
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by thevagenda
Think of business entrepreneurs and you have a wide expanse of gents to work with. Self-made men with memorable hair, such as Richard Branson, Duncan Bannatyne and Donald Trump. They’ve made their fortunes, and you’d better bow down and worship at the altar of their success. But who can knock the drive and ambition it takes to […]
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Always are just riding the crimson tide of the latest feminist wave and it’s pissing me off. Everyone on Facebook is crying again. What is it this week? Kony? Nope. Ultimately, we got rid of him and his evil deeds by crying and reblogging. Didn’t we? *tumbleweed blows by* This week, it’s an advert for […]
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