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I’m An Ex-Brixton Party Girl, and No One Told Me Having A Baby Would Be Like This

September 29, 2014 by editor

I’m an ex-Brixton party girl. I’m an ex-convent girl from Sussex. I’m also, rather boringly, an ex-Project Manager. What I am now is a Stay At Home Mum. But I feel more like a litany of exes. I am, quite frankly, grieving ‘me’. I want me back – I liked me. I treated me well, […]

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Why I Hate the #HomeSafeSelfie Campaign

September 29, 2014 by thevagenda

Last night I did my usual end-of-day Twitter check and the (generally innocuous) Northern Line account had tweeted something that made my inner feminist seethe. It was a link to a ‘safety campaign’ from TFL instructing us silly, irresponsible women on how to not go and get ourselves raped. The polite, more English way of […]

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How Not to be a Lady (and Why I Went Nearly a Month Without Taking a Dump)

September 26, 2014 by thevagenda

There’s been a lot of talk about the confidence gap recently, and how women should just get out there, take some space, raise their hands and make themselves heard. True: being louder and making demands, if they are justified, can indeed increase confidence and possibly result in better opportunities professionally. But how does one begin […]

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Ladies Come First: Why Every Secondary School Needs a Lesson on the Clitoris

September 25, 2014 by thevagenda

  The other day I was reading a Telegraph article about the recent failed sex education reforms, when I saw something (put forward by a very sensible bloke from Durham University) that really stood out: “From Shakespeare’s sonnets to episodes of Eastenders, and from Rihanna’s latest single to a Tchaikovsky symphony, we are more rounded, […]

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Moschino’s Barbie Dream – Sexist or Chic?

September 22, 2014 by thevagenda

When Meadham Kirchhoff sent models down the catwalk wearing ‘bloody’ tampons for earrings at the London fashion week recently, I didn’t think the latest shows could boggle my mind further. I mean, trust the fashion world to smash all acceptable concepts of what recycling entails and hang it from someone’s ear. But then Moschino’s show at […]

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Why You Shouldn’t Bother Calling Yourself Ms

September 21, 2014 by editor

‘Oh, just put Ms.’ Whenever I’m asked, ‘Is it Miss or Mrs?’, I find myself saying this in as casual and non-threatening a voice as possible. ‘Oh, don’t you go troubling yourself, let’s just put Ms for your convenience,’ is the tone I’m going for. Heaven forfend you should worry, for even a second, that […]

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Sweaty Betty, Your Fashion Week Faux Pas Broke My Heart

September 21, 2014 by editor

Dear Sweaty Betty, I write to you as an affectionate, nay passionate, follower of your brand. My (frequent) trips to your boutiques provide everything this ‘modern’ woman could want: neon hair-ties, attractive sports-bras, tastefully lit changing rooms… So why the letter? In short, because this ‘modern’ woman couldn’t be more disillusioned by Sweaty Betty’s recent […]

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Glamour Magazine Wants You To Get Back Into Fingering, Plus: How To Shag Feminism Out of Yourself

September 18, 2014 by editor

A lot of the time when you’re a woman in the media who talks about gender equality and all that, people tell you to ‘get laid’. And the thing is, there is no real response to that. ‘I had sex this morning, thanks, and the man responsible didn’t manage to pound feminism right out of […]

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Manic Pixie Dream Girls and Universe Destruction: Will I Ever Identify With a Woman From Doctor Who?

September 16, 2014 by editor

If you were looking for a show to represent feminism and 21st century women, I don’t think Doctor Who would necessarily be your first choice. For most casual viewers, the predominately female companions, or as they are woefully known, the ‘assistants’, are always playing second fiddle to the show’s main hero, the Doctor, and the […]

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Nappy Stains and Feminist Art: Why Mary Kelly’s New Gallery Show is Awesome

September 12, 2014 by editor

  Mary Kelly, Circa 1968, 2004 (Image: http://www.houldsworth.co.uk/exhibition-view) Friday 5th September saw the opening of On the Passage of a Few People through a Rather Brief Period of Time, Mary Kelly’s first gallery show in the UK in ten years. Installed at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery off Regent Street, the exhibition constitutes a fascinating development in […]

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How To Tell If You’re Feminist Enough

September 11, 2014 by editor

Are you feminist enough? Well, are you? Do you refuse advances by saying ‘no’ rather than ‘I have a boyfriend’? Do you leave your body hair unshaven? Did you refuse to take your husband’s name? Do you even have a husband? Do you negotiate pay rises? Do you wear mini-skirts, or are you more of […]

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Tales From Hollywood: “My Ideal Weight is My Depressed Weight”

September 9, 2014 by editor

I overhear a lot of absurd things while walking my dog up Runyon Canyon in Hollywood. For instance, I saw a boy coaxing his tiny Yorkie puppy toward the entrance with the words, “Come on, Walter, it’s about time we hiked this bitch.” There was also the time a very fit dad badgered his three-year-old […]

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