Tag: women
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How to be a teenage feminist? by Francesca Stocker
I am currently stuck in the teenage years. Yes that’s right, I’m stuck in a bubble of endless dreams and I am part of the “new generation” of tech-saavy, loud-mouth, opinionated fools who are allowed way too much say on the Internet. Isn’t youth such a wonderful thing? However, it seems to be the only…
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Changes in parental leave: a (baby) step in the right direction?
Flexible parental leave is set to become law in 2015 as Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg claims that the current rules “may have made sense in the 1950′s but not today”. The Deputy PM announced the plan on 13 November in a speech in London. Reporting on the announcement, The Telegraph echoed claims that the plan will allow parents to share…
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Fifty Shades of Grey
When this series first came out it was almost liberating. Women could be seen reading it on the tube, the train or hunched over it at lunch. Now however they have gone into hiding. Critics have completely rinsed E. L. James’s 50 Shades of Grey Trilogy. Their reviews are either hilarious or angry. They rip in…
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Are skyscraper heels the 21st Century corset?
I’m nearly 6ft tall. For a woman that’s rather sizeable. My taller than average height means I’m towering above most folk. Heels you would think would be an unnecessary conundrum for me but alas, like every woman, they are. Heels make me look good. Height suits my frame. What’s more, I like the stature it…
Holly Peacock-Goodwin 