Femininity. What is it exactly? One dictionary defines it as ‘the quality of looking and behaving in ways conventionally thought to be appropriate for a woman or girl’. I guess the key word in that description is ‘conventionally’ which essentially… Read More ›
I’m reading Othello right now (one of the set books on my course) and I must say I have thoroughly enjoyed it – a revelation in itself since I found Shakespeare dull at school. As I am sure you know,… Read More ›
Before I start, I just want to say that I have been drunk, inebriated, pissed, liquored up, wasted, sloshed, tight and three sheets to the wind on quite a few occasions in my life; mostly at friends parties, in pubs… Read More ›
I have been thinking lately about how, due to a stroke of luck, I was born in the West. So I wrote a list. As I wrote, the list grew to include things that affect many people, irrespective of geography…. Read More ›
To all you book lovers out there; have you ever been rendered completely speechless by a whip crack remark about reading? No? Try this one for size. I was reading in bed one Sunday morning when my now ex-husband launched… Read More ›
In this post-women’s-movement-post-feminist-post-Thatcher-post-just-about-everything really year of 2011, it must be sadly acknowledged that nothing much has changed when it comes to society’s views on the single woman. To paraphrase Austen: ‘it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single woman,… Read More ›
“Does that mean you won’t ever have a grandchild like me”, he asked innocently. What a question to answer. And to ask. I sat there blinking trying not to look like it mattered. Indonesian people – especially children – are… Read More ›
Despite the odd sneer from younger relatives, I’m not a complete dinosaur when it comes to the digital age – I have a modern mobile phone, fast broadband at home, an HDTV and a hot pink digital radio! I’ve also emailed… Read More ›
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