Samantha Shaw’s very early ear surgery to prevent the possibility of bullying was shocking to many people but it turns out many women who have been bullied because of their physical appearance believe plastic surgery could end their problems. The cosmetic surgery group Liberate surveyed 3,000 British women aged 18 to 30 to evaluate women’s ...
Wikileaks isn’t the only one to reveal the dirty secrets of the planet’s governments. Two Australian academics, Evan Smith and Marinella Marmo of Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, uncovered documents from the National Archives in London that suggest that at least 80 South Asian women were subjected to “virginity tests” upon their entrance to Heathrow ...
Teaching a child to apply a condom on a banana is almost saying: “Now go and try this for yourself.” That’s what Conservative MP Nadine Dorries said to the British parliament as an argument in favour of requiring schools to start abstinence classes for teenage girls. According to Dorries, current sex education just isn’t cutting ...
The United Kingdom allows gay people to form civil partnerships, but not get married. The ceremonies cannot take place in a church, involve a priest /minister, or include any other religious element. But that is all about to change. Lynne Featherstone, the Liberal Democrat equalities minister, will soon be unveiling plans which would allow the ...
The United Kingdom aired its very first TV abortion ad on May 24 at ten past ten. To some this sheds light on a issue obscured with dark shame and to others it is an ad for murder.
Mick, Morning Quickie
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
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...
