Category: Women

Articles and letters (31 October) pointing out the harmful gaps in budget funding have still omitted a key service, namely youth services, where local council spending last year in England was 73% less than in 2010-11. These services will also now suffer the double whammy of increased national insurance contributions. I presumed the council cuts […]

Are middle-aged women absolute horndogs and does that make for good box office? That’s what Grazia wondered recently, asking if the film industry is finally “embracing midlife sex”. This proposition turns on three films – two starring Nicole Kidman and one with Anne Hathaway. In A Family Affair, Kidman is a writer who starts a […]

The vagina is the whole genital area FALSE“The word vagina only refers to a specific internal part: the muscular tube leading to the cervix. The outside part, including the labia (or lips) and clitoris, is called the vulva,” says Zoe Williams, interim director at the Vagina Museum. “There isn’t really a good word to describe […]

Saoirse Ronan’s comment about women’s safety on The Graham Norton Show has gone viral after she said using a phone as a weapon is something “girls have to think about all the time”. Ronan later said the reaction has been “wild” and that the moment was “opening a conversation”. Here, six women tell us what […]

Marina Hyde reflects on the unexpected stone-cold truth Saoirse Ronan delivered to the male guests on Graham Norton’s sofa; comedian Rob Beckett on the anxieties behind his infectious humour; and Philippa Perry advises one reader on how to improve their relationship with their daughter after deciding not to reveal a dark secret Continue reading… Source […]

It was a budget the chancellor said would “match the greatest economic moments in Labour history”, and for the occasion Rachel Reeves chose to wear a garment to match the moment: a pussybow blouse. The UK’s first female chancellor knows more than most how the way female politicians dress can be picked over and weaponised. […]

Mackenzie Owens and her boyfriend strut toward the camera like models on a catwalk, posing as she takes a dramatic sip from her Stanley cup. “Just a bf and a gf going to cancel each other’s votes,” reads the caption of their TikTok – the couple, who live in Pennsylvania, support separate candidates this election […]

A male friend of mine recently had to appear on camera and asked me how he could look a bit more polished without needing (or appearing) to be “made up”. He hasn’t the time or the skills to do much, but also doesn’t want to look overworked and knackered, which as the father of twins, he usually is. […]

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Donald Trump took his frequent habit of describing himself as a “protector” of women further on Wednesday night in Wisconsin, when he declared he will protect them “whether the women like it or not” if he wins a second term in the White House. “I said, ‘Well, I’m going to do it, whether the women […]