Controversy has erupted over women’s bodies in Britain this week. Pregnant women’s bodies, in particular. In other words, a very personal time in a woman’s life, yet one that causes all manner of people to come out of the woodwork with advice, opinions and unsolicited touching of the bump. A new report by the National ...
Women have been giving birth the same way since they were Neanderthals: through good-old natural birth. However, a recent change by the National Health Service (NHS) could make these old-fashioned vaginal births obsolete. The NHS plans to give all women the right to choose caesarean sections even if they are not medically necessary. At first ...
Halina Jane Gillett has Erb’s Palsy. This disease, also known as Erb-Duchenne Palsy, is a paralysis of the arm caused by injury to the upper group of the arm’s main nerves, and often manifests itself after a difficult birth. Gillett was pulled out of the womb by a forceps, even though her mother asked for ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
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Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
