A magistrate and HR executive in her late 50s, settled, single, not dating or sexually active, Jo felt that her risk of becoming a victim of rape had passed, or was certainly low – and that drug-facilitated rape in particular was something that happened to young people, in clubs, at parties, “on the apps”. When […]
Can Coleen Rooney cut it in the jungle – or is she being underestimated again? | Coleen Rooney
Hearing about Coleen Rooney signing up for the new series of ITV’s I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! (launching tonight) was a surprise. It’s such a classic “footballer’s wife” move. One former IACGMOOH campmate is Rebekah Vardy (wife of Jamie, striker for Leicester City), who took part in 2017 – the very woman […]
Women need to be kept safe from the ‘your body, my choice’ peddlers. Here’s how | Van Badham
“Your body, my choice” wrote the troll on a post about my mother dying. It was meant to intimidate me. Instead, it’s launched me into strategy mode, thinking through how women and their friends may build the cultural resilience to survive this neo-Trumpian era. The slogan was coined by white supremacist, antisemitic, misogynist Nick Fuentes. […]
Wear lace this party season. It is an act of celebration – and defiance | Fashion
If I ask you a personal question will you promise not to take it the wrong way? Great. Do you, by any chance, have a tendency to martyrdom? I only ask because, as Christmas season looms on the horizon, the female impulse to sacrifice our own pleasure or free time in the cause of doing […]
Bright spark: what to wear for a Christmas lights switch-on
Kick off the festive season in velvet, silk and cosy knitwear Continue reading… Source link
Memories of a Burning Body review – tenderly conceived docudrama about the enduring sexuality of women | Film
Costa Rican film-maker Antonella Sudasassi Furniss has curated a docudrama distilled from the experiences of three women in their 60s and 70s, who speak (off camera, anonymously) with wit and warmth about their enduring sexuality; an older person’s sexuality that modernity primly refuses to recognise, just as patriarchal authorities denied and repressed them as sexual […]
After Trump’s election, women are swearing off sex with men. This has been a long time coming | Cécile Simmons
It only took a few hours after news of Donald Trump’s re-election for a sad spectacle to unfold online and beyond. The far-right slogan “Your body, my choice”, tweeted by white nationalist pundit and organiser Nick Fuentes, spread online and off, sparking waves of abuse against women. “You no longer have rights” was one of […]
The creatine conundrum: can it really help your muscles and your brain? | Health & wellbeing
Until relatively recently, if you were mixing a scoop of powdered creatine into a glass of water each day, it probably meant you were a bodybuilder or training for an athletic event. Although creatine is a compound that occurs naturally in the body, its role in producing quick bursts of energy meant that, if you […]
‘Watch out, I’m even less inhibited’: Olivia Williams on movies, misogyny and living with cancer | Film
Since 2018, Olivia Williams has grown more blunt than she used to be. “I’m a bit less scared of the consequences of saying what I think,” she explains. The actor has never been particularly shy about speaking her mind, as a trawl through any of her old interviews, from the Rushmore days in the late […]
Editors’ picks: how to incorporate leopard print into your wardrobe – in pictures
Versatile and glamorous, treat this timeless classic as a wardrobe neutral Continue reading… Source link