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In the wake of her parents’ divorce, Kylie Jenner posted up a quote on Instagram by the poet R M Drake who, from what I can see, seems to specialise in quaint, whimsical nonsense. A vague, mystical figure, R M Drake supplies anodyne lines to the second cycle of Kardashians and celebrities against whom various […]
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by thevagenda
Mel C hit the newspapers lately by slating today’s generation of female pop stars as ‘vulgar and narcissistic’. Predictable media headlines ensued, replete with gratuitous arse shots of a pouting Rihanna twerking like some kind of demented booty-witch. Commentators were quick to point out that Mel C was known to favour and indeed rock a […]
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Feminists! Stop burning your bras for a second and listen up: feminism has made you bad in bed. Fortunately for us all, Men’s Health have brought this key piece of information to our attention as part of their groundbreaking list of ’15 Ways To Turn A Good Girl Bad’. Australian Men’s Health and Yahoo have […]
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It’s four in the morning on a Thursday and I’m pretty sure I’m dying. But I can’t be dying, the baby can’t be dying, I’m just pregnant and this is just a part of pregnancy. I need to toughen up and get on with it. Cut to two hours later, I’m dragging myself downstairs, exhausted, faint and […]
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I can’t stop thinking about arses. I feel like I’m being bombarded with them, like I’m in some kind of bouncy bottom hail storm. I see Nicki Minaj’s thong when I close my eyes at night, and I could identify Iggy Azalea’s ‘area’ from a mile away, as if it were a voluptuous lighthouse. Part of this stems […]
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There are some things that I will defend to the death: my family, my friends, my cat, my right to voice an opinion, my right to drink tea and watch EastEnders – you know, the universal stuff. Then there’s feminism. And Beyoncé. In an article published this week Annie Lennox took it upon herself to […]
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In light of recent research by Ticketmaster showing that ticket sales for female comics have trebled since 2011, I have an *Important Announcement* to make, something that, if you’ve ever read the comments section beneath a newspaper article, you’ll already be well aware of: MEN AREN’T FUNNY. In fact, I’ll go further than that; I’m going […]
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Three weeks ago I came to the realisation that I have been emotionally abused by my husband. It wasn’t such a smack-in-the-face realisation – I guess I have known something pretty fucked-up was going on all along, if I’m completely honest. At my lowest point, a few weeks ago, having been told to “go fuck […]
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The Dos and Do nots of Doting, Dating & Dominating! Do you often confuse yourself with an animal? Are you worried about ending up alone and socially marooned? Is your lack of hounding and hunting skills getting you down? Don’t worry! Adam Levine is here to help! 1.) Firstly, and most importantly, don’t be yourself- […]
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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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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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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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