On the face of it, girls and women have achieved much over the past 30 years. It would be churlish to say otherwise. Women can now borrow in their own right, they can divorce without “fault”, they can love other women, take pregnancy and parental leave, have pension rights and receive child benefit from the state.
Invasion of the body snatchers
The beauty industry steals women’s self-esteem and convinces us to spend unwisely in pursuit of phys