It’s time to bring an end to the rape anthem masquerading as a Christmas carol by applying some cultural context.
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The first time I ever visited Amsterdam, quite by chance, I stumbled on a long and loud parade of people in blackface (blacked up) all behaving foolishly, like clowns. To top this, they were followed by one regal looking white man wearing a red Bishop’s robe. The year was 2014 and I was in the land of tolerance: the Netherlands. I was shocked.
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Empowering women has never been more important. From raising your voice to charitable donations, there are myriad small ways you can support the women around you.
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It may be a sprawling city of soaring skyscrapers and pearlescent mosques, tiptoeing further into the dunes like some ironic human equivalent of desertification, but it’s more than a buzzing metropolis in a sandpit: it’s home.
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The festive season isn’t usually the place to think sustainably, but Christmas’ eco-footprint is colossal. Luckily, making sustainable choices doesn’t need to be expensive or cause any headaches.
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How happy would you say you are? As movements around the world erode the gaps between the genders, one unexpected gap is no different: while women in the 1970s typically reported higher subjective wellbeing than men, female happiness is on the decline.
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It was the late 80s, early 90s when I had my first encounter of a Weinstein-type character. I took a job in Invoice Finance, and reported to the Operations Director, a man who sexually harassed the young girls in the office in the worst way.
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Have you ever convinced yourself that those 30 minutes might not be worth it? They are.
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So many women deny having been influenced to shave, wear makeup or wear heels, claiming they do it for themselves. But when you are receiving compliments and are being treated better when you do those things, there’s definitely influence at play.
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The assumption that survivors recall every detail of an assault and would report right away is inaccurate.
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‘I’m not sure where it all began but I can remember knowing the name of more car models and makes when I was in primary school then the boys did. I must’ve been around eight or nine. As I got older, my love of motoring expanded into motorcycles, aircraft and motorsport.’
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Getting pregnant can be more difficult than you’d expect, especially as you get older.
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The trainer game is at its all-time highest, and the percentage of women in the UK who bought trainers has overtaken the percentage of women in the UK who bought heels
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Astrology is a part of life; open any newspaper and discover what the heavens have in store for you today, this week, this month.
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What do Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso, Stevie Wonder and Winston Churchill have in common? They were all born prematurely—or were they?
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Lip balm is my ultimate essential; entire days have been derailed because I couldn’t find a tube. I really shouldn’t need to apply it as much as I do, so where has this addiction come from?
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Hyaluronic acid is one of the buzzwords for health and beauty in 2018, and with good reason. It’s one of the key components of healthy, youthful skin and has been shown to be effective in reducing joint pain in arthritis sufferers.
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Some people’s weaknesses are crisps or sandwiches—not us. But type ‘sugar danger’ into Google and the results are scary.
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Hands up who’s spent way more money than they ‘should’ have on a dress, pair of shoes or handbag? And who then felt unnecessarily guilty?
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The low-FODMAP diet is one of the latest diets to have emerged and is gaining serious traction. Unlike the countless other diets which pop up every year, low-FODMAP is a medical-exclusion diet for sufferers of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).
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