Growing up, I – we – had The Spice Girls. I was completely enamoured by ‘girl power’ all the way back in 1996. I dressed up with my friends, had my favourite (Baby, but I was always made to be Victoria because of my hair and my name. She is my favourite now, however). I performed and danced with my sister, friends and cousins – I collected absolutely everything – and sang my little heart out. It was glorious.
I was made redundant. It’s shit.
While I appreciate that redundancy happens to everyone at some point in their career, until recently, it had never happened to me. Sure, I’ve known people who have been made redundant once or twice in their career. But, for me, it was an experience I’d not yet encountered – and I was confident I wouldn’t, either. Especially not this year, at this company.
And Just Like That… Historic accusations of sexual assault, violence, harassment and abuse have been brought against Chris Noth, by multiple women.
The first accusations brought against Chris Noth was in 1995, by a former partner. This was before he reached peak fame, and was able to take advantage of the heartthrob status bestowed on him by Sex and the City to rape a woman around 20 years his junior. 1995 was 20 years before he was […]
Sometimes | a short story about a human woman
Sometimes, I exist so loudly. I can hear the vibrations under my skin, humming loudly. They are like kind little birds, chirping at me, reminding me, Hey! You’re here! You are on planet earth and this is where you belong! And I can’t help but agree: this is the only place I’d like to be. […]
Influencers have long been our scapegoat and now they’re to blame for poor body image
Legislators in Norway have passed a new law requiring social media influencers to disclose when they’ve retouched or added a filter to their content. According to the proposal, in Norway, 70,000 children and young people have mental health issues requiring treatment. Over half of 15 year old girls in the country have mental health issues, […]
Big trouble in bikini bottoms | Norwegian handball controversy
This week in another open display of bizarrely acceptable sexism, athletes on the Norwegian women’s beach handball team are being punished for wearing shorts, rather than bikini bottoms. Yes, you read that correctly. In 2021, the European Handball Federation issued fines over a “case of improper clothing”. Here’s a picture I found of the committee. […]
Who runs the world? Fangirls do, of course.
The term ‘fangirls’ is used pejoratively to describe girls’ involvement in music. The established narrative imposes a widely accepted belief that girls, despite their devotion to a particular band or enthusiasm in a specific music scene, is based entirely on a superficiality that boys and men are exempt from. Like most women, I’ve been on […]
Forever listening to Bob Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde
Blonde on Blonde is, arguably, Bob Dylan’s most iconic album. Granted, that’s an easy argument to make for any Bob Dylan album. But for more than half a century on, Blonde on Blonde remains a crucial addition to musical history, pop culture and the 1960s New York music scene, that makes Blonde on Blonde an […]
Richard Branson & the billionaire space race no one asked for
Ah, poor billionaires. In an increasingly socially woke world, billionaires have it rough. No longer is it acceptable to simply hoard cash, exploit the working class and grin maniacally in photos with your thumbs aloft. Oh no. Instead, billionaires are under pressure to prove they aren’t entirely useless. So, while racking their collective brains, they […]
I watched Sex/Life so you don’t have to.
If you follow me on Instagram, you had to know this was coming. I’ve binge watched all eight episodes of Sex/Life on Netflix, and now I have feelings. It goes without saying that there will be spoilers. Sex/Life is bad, like, really bad My main issue with Sex/Life is the wafer thin and massively sexist […]