Expect a bit of a break from regular posting for the time being - our son Sebastian Henry James arrived (rather speedily - less than two hours after getting examined at the hospital) on May 13th, wei...
The newspapers have, for the most part, been putting on a united front regarding the horrific details of the case that has led to this weeks sentencing of nine men involved in the grooming, rape...
I purchased The Fifties Mystique, Jessica Manns new memoir-cum-warning, at the weekend after reading her piece for the Guardian entitled "What do you mean, the good old days?" The article was...
This weeks guest post comes from someone who really inspires me with her passion and motivation. @god_loves_wo men tweets and blogs about her faith, her convictions for overcoming gender ine...
Throughout the week, Stephanie Drury of Stuff Christian Culture Likes often retweets the best (worst?) of cringeworthy Christianese that she comes across. If you follow her, you know what Im tal...
Well, we made it. Today marks the magic 37 week point of my pregnancy. Full term; ready to roll; lock and load. The point at which you know that within five weeks, there will be a baby. Obviously, so...
The fragrant Middleton sisters are among this years most influential people. Why? For looking nice and keeping their mouths shut, apparently. Time magazines new list of the "100 Most Influential ...
Its been great to feature some wonderful guest posts over the past few Mondays. Todays contribution to my series on egalitarian relationships comes from Alan Molineaux. Alan combines his work for the...
On the subject of feminism being back, you know how I feel. If you dont, it can be summed up in three simple points.1) It never went away!2) According to the media, the new feminism has been undergoi...
Todays guest post - on the theme of shared parenting - comes from Jenny Baker. Jenny is the director of the Sophia Network and has been married to Jonny for nearly 25 years. They have two sons.S...
Samantha Brick is suddenly famous. If you use Twitter, or read the Daily Mail (in which case why are you here? Seriously?), youll know why. To cut a long story short, on Tuesday the Mail published a ...
This weeks guest post on egalitarian relationships comes from Ruth and Nick Wells, who are both youthworkers living in Bournemouth. Ruth and Nick have been married for nearly 10 years and have two ch...
Some weeks ago, and after lengthy discussions online about it, I asked my fellow bloggers to write guest posts for me on the subject of egalitarian relationships. The reason? Many of us felt that its...
What does being a woman mean? What makes a woman a woman? C. Jane asked me this a few weeks back after shed watched Miss Representation and was mulling over a lot of thoughts about how what shed seen...
Do women support one another on Twitter?So asks Laura Davis in the Independent today. She refers to the "Twitter 100", a list of supposedly influential people on Twitter published by the same...
What happens when the ultimate men-and-diets magazine does equality?One of my pet subjects to analyse, keep track of and, yes, rant about is the way womens magazines approach the subject of feminism....
When I was younger and struggling with depression and issues surrounding self-image, I used to have this niggling feeling that other young Christian women had it all figured out. They looked joyful. ...
I havent really felt compelled to blog about my pregnancy. I did wonder, when I wrote that post at the end of my first trimester, whether it would be something Id start writing about a lot more. And ...
This week my friend Sian has found herself a target for abuse and threats due to the fact she expressed an opinion about something she feels strongly about. You can read her account of how events unf...
Yesterday I was privileged to attend the very first Go Feminist! conference in London. Go Feminist! was birthed out of a desire to see a conference that would inspire activism and connect women with ...
Todays Twitterstorm of Hysterical Outrage concerns a website called UniLad. In typical Twitterstorm fashion, the site was actually taken down while I was in the process of writing this post, but here...
Today saw representatives from several womens groups speak about media misogyny at the Leveson Inquiry. Speaking on behalf of Equality Now, Eaves, Object and End Violence Against Women, they called f...
"You dont have one young guy who can preach the Bible that anybodys listening to on this earth.""I go too far sometimes; almost every other pastor I know doesnt go far enough." "W...
It started with the build-up to the release of The Iron Lady. In the past week, its gained momentum with newspaper articles and magazine features about Tory women. And yesterday, Cristina Odone blogg...
After enjoying recapping 2010 in humourless feminism at the end of last year, I thought it would be great to make it an annual thing. 2011 has had more than its fair share of outrage, drama...
"So long as she works hard and doesn’t throw bricks or ask awkward questions, she can have as many qualifications and abortions and pairs of shoes as she likes."Jenny Turners piece for the Lo...
"We cannot afford to wait for permission to make change; women themselves must be the change."Today I bring you links to a fabulous trio of posts from my North American sisters. Because they ...
"In a typical month,78% of newspaper articles are written by men, 72% of Question Time contributors are men and 84% of reporters and guests on Radio 4s Today show are men. Where are all the women...
I havent written a post on here for the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence because last month, Anna at Goannatree asked me if I would write a guest post for her 16 Days series.My experi...
Speaking out about online harassment constitutes "over-reacting" for some. So how far does it have to go before it becomes worth bothering about? In recent weeks the long-running debate ...
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