Category: Life
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Why I don’t weigh myself.
I bet you have pondered this question many a time. Why does Holly Peacock not weigh herself? Where are her scales, is she MAD? Well I’ll tell you. I can’t think of ONE positive reason to own scales. Scales end up becoming an unsustainable tool we use to measure our self worth unrealistically with…
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Married as Children. Are you sure we don’t need Feminism?
World Press Photo First Prize, Contemporary Issues Story: Stephanie Sinclair Tahani (in pink), who married her husband Majed when she was 6 and he was 25, poses for this portrait with former classmate Ghada, also a child bride, outside their mountain home in Hajjah. Nearly half of all women in Yemen were married as children.
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Madonna is too old.
And other such ridiculous comments that have emerged from the mouths of many since Madonna’s recent performance at the Super Bowl. Listening to these comments made me wonder; this 50 year old person is a powerhouse of a human yet she is CONSTANTLY criticized for being too raunchy, too revealing, too controversial and now? too…
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Am I a Feminist or total hypocrite?
I’m worried I’m the latter. Looking into the third wave of feminism I can see that I too have become subject to the over sexualized culture we have created. Thus coming a full circle since the waves before us. I’m being honest and in all honesty, I judge me. I call myself a feminist yet…
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London Town…2
The first blog I ever wrote was about just that. London Town. Since that first post 2.5 years ago London has become my second home. Fortunately for me, many of my friends have ended up here and although there have been some hard times. (Uncovering my vile ex boyfriend’s preference for sexting every woman in…
Holly Peacock-Goodwin 