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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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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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‘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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Why there is nothing hypocritical about feminists twerking or dancing in the streets at Carnival Apart from the worst bank holiday weather since 1986, the lead news story from last week’s Notting Hill Carnival was that of Mary Brandon, the student who pushed away a man after he groped her and was badly beaten up […]
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It’s 2005. I’m thirteen years old. Spotty, puppy fat ridden and nerdy to boot, I’m watching Sin City for the 5th time. Armed with the original graphic novels by Frank Miller, I go through the movie comparing the original art to Robert Rodriguez’s adaptation. I discover it is mind bogglingly similar and rush to tell […]
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In light of two excellent recent articles by an Oxford student who was raped in her sleep, I thought I’d make a few notes about drunkenness – my drunkenness. I am not proud of any of these incidents, and especially ashamed to look at their totality in writing them and know that there are […]
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