We are constantly told that childhood isn’t what is used to be. We are either being spoiled, or forced to grow-up early. Yet we rarely take the time to look at the mothers whose job has changed substantially in the last few decades. Everyone feels like the other generation has it better, so let’s take ...
This week is Boycott Nestlé week. A lot of recent feminist chatter has been devoted to a debate about whether formula feeding is an equal choice for moms, with most commentators defending the right of mothers to pick formula feeding over breastfeeding. The debate so far has focused entirely on western mothers though, and effectively ...
The women who have the most abortions are ones who are already mothers, according to statistics. And I can completely understand why. Having had a baby already, you know in advance that pregnancy and childbirth can be a tough slog with all manner of possible complications. And then the hard work really begins. Breastfeeding – ...
Needing to make cut-backs, an Italian company fired 13 of their 18 female staff members because they are mothers. Engineering firm Ma-Vib believes that women should stay at home with the children. Sending our culture back about 70 years, the small company decided that instead of firing men who provide the main income of the ...
Most women fear childbirth like the plague, but new information reveals that women are now getting pregnant over and over again just to feel the high of birth once more. Every movie we’ve ever seen or story we’ve heard has made childbirth seem like one of the most terrifying experiences to go through. But then they show us ...
With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. ~ Isadora Duncan
Like all girls, I got a bit worried when I first got my period. The fact that it arrived on my first day at new school probably didn’t help. It wasn’t quite a freak-out because my friends had started getting it in the past months and were still living perfectly normal lives. One of them ...
What if you were offered money to get pregnant — would you take it? Probably not, according to a new report. Many countries offer new parents financial incentives to boost their populations and these generally don’t work very well. But when childcare is on the table, women are much more likely to pregnant. This shouldn’t ...
Proving they’re smart, driven and disciplined, women are at the top of their academic game. More than ever before, women are graduating with post secondary degrees and going on to pursue higher education. These figures have spiked so high that women are now surpassing men in academics. The tides have been turning in colleges and ...
Working mothers are fine — mostly, a new study has revealed. Researchers looked at the results of 69 studies which were conducted between 1960 and 2010 and concluded that a working mother was a benefit to some families, as long as she didn’t have a career. The results varied based on the socio-economic make-up of ...
Usually getting fired is a bad thing. But, somehow, this woman is happy about it. Can you imagine...
My attention was drawn this week to an article on the resurgence of the market for men’s underwear. It...
Meh, the night bus. It isn’t ideal, but with the price of trains nowadays and the hellish standing-up-from-Edinburgh-to-Manchester situation...
Ladies, learn to know the signs of ovulation! So many women have no idea and so many headaches and...
Remember that time when I was with my friends and I saw you playing pool with your friends and...
Dear Madame X, My girl is hot but every single time we get into a fight she is all...
My first encounter with Kitchen, Banana Yoshimoto’s 1988 novel (translated into English in 1993 by Megan Backus) was in...
A slut is a person of any gender who has the courage to lead life according to the radical...
