The older I get, the more shocked I am at how middle-aged women are screwed over
Our male peers shore up respect and experience; we spend years falling further and further behind.
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Marks and Spencer’s “fancy little knickers” and nine other awful For Her Christmas presents
A hundred years after getting the vote, today’s woman can access not only Shout Out To My Pout lip pencils, but…
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Disney’s Nutcracker fails to capture the uncanny original fantasy of ETA Hoffmann
Even among the barely appropriate German Romantics, Hoffmann was the bad fairy at the feast. But his Nussknacker und Mauskönig contained…
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The response to care workers striking for equal pay shows we undervalue the work women do
Those who took these women for granted are not being held responsible because they are not expected to prioritise love and…
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All the sexist headlines we can expect now that Meghan Markle is pregnant
“Meghan Markle is pregnant with Prince Harry’s first child” is just the start.
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Anxiety-driven, painful, and sometimes even deadly: is cosmetic surgery self-harm?
Women are force-fed crap from the day they’re born, then mocked for having swallowed it.
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The feminist conundrum of Wife Swap
From patronising stay at home mothers to indulging “make me a sandwich” sexism, the show – much like society – had it…
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Forcing women to become carers after Brexit is no mistake – it’s what many Leave voters wanted
A Department of Health dossier suggested more women would drop out of the workforce to make up for a…
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Why are we so fixated on watching female stars like Demi Lovato suffer?
As responses to Lovato’s recent hospitalisation show, the story of female addiction is seen as public property.
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