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Introducing our new columnist Hannamtha Dick When my flatmate and I invited friends to dinner, I knew they’d want to bring something along to contribute to the evening, so made a particular point of being annoyed when they turned up empty handed making excuses about how skint they were, blaming it on the […]
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I am currently caught in a shame spiral. Why? Because I’m contributing to the hit count of the Mail Online. They’re devious bastards whose website is designed to pull in both the Muslim-haters who agree with everything Peter Hitchens says and the earnest, possibly masochistic liberals who can’t quite believe what they’re reading. I […]
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[Ed. – You can watch the Dove Campaign For Real Beauty sketching advert here.] Hi ladies, It’s your friends, Dove! Remember us? We reminded you a while back that you can be beautiful EVEN IF you’re above a size 10 by getting a bunch of Real Women™ to pose in their underwear? Don’t listen to those […]
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There are many things that baffle about the modern wedding. There’s the cost, obviously; the fact that your old university friends will occupy the same room as mad uncle Roger; and, if you’re a feminist, why some arcane symbols of patriarchal oppression make you furious while others leave you strangely unmoved. Oh, and fascinators. But […]
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Women aren’t funny. Hey you – yeah, you over there with the vagina – you’ve heard that old adage a million times, haven’t you? You just waltzed into the nearest pub after work, or joined in a conversation in front of the telly, or maybe you even had the audacity to attend a comedy night. […]
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[Note from Ed. - this is a guest blog from Jo of the No More Page 3 campaign. And a bloody good one it is.] Oh, Neil. Neil ‘The Wolfman’ Wallis. I want to be angry with you, I really do, but I just can’t be. You see, you remind me of my […]
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Aloha – I’m now pregnancy-proof for life. My 30-year-old womb will forever be a Foetus Free Zone. High-five! Some did indeed respond to my smiling announcement with a high-five and a “Congratulations!” One looked positively horrified, and said “What if you change your mind?” Funnily enough, I considered that before having the operation. […]
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There are times in life where guilty pleasures and feminist values clash. For me, one of these sticking points is my love of reality show Made in Chelsea. I missed the TOWIE boat so, when MiC came along, I decided to check out what all this ‘structured reality’ malarkey was about. Before […]
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Somewhere, deep in the guttural pit of me, I know that there must be more than this. That I cannot live my life cowering from my reflection in changing room mirrors, shop windows, backs of spoons and the glistening, inquisitive eyes of others. That despite my assertions of self-worth and superiority, my fuck-you-society-and-pass-me-the-Pringle-tub platitudes, […]
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This article is best read while listening to Tom Petty: What do feminists have to learn from Tom Petty? Well, lots. Because Tom Petty won’t back down. Oh he won’t back down. You can stand him up at the gates of hell – he’ll still stand his ground. Me? I’m not so […]
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