Feminism’s obsession with equality sells women short
There was much fanfare last week when Holly Willoughby’s apparent ‘huge £200k pay rise’ meant she’d finally be earning the same as her…
If it takes a credit card to live like Kim Kardashian, then so be it
Recent figures around the UK’s credit and debit card debt are startling indeed, with the number of transactions rising to…
Forget the ‘nasty party’, Theresa May has turned the Tories into the zombie party
Watching Education Secretary Justine Greening discuss grammar schools this week, I felt exasperated and in desperate need of a cognac. And…
The last thing Brexit needs is support from an ageing Sex Pistol
John Lydon – aka Johnny Rotten, the former Sex Pistols front man – has voiced support for Brexit, and some seem…
Emma Watson’s ‘have your cake and eat it’ feminism is hard to swallow
There’s a real whiff of hypocrisy about Emma Watson’s latest shoot for Vanity Fair, in which she poses semi-nude. Women’s magazines…
PETA’s Warhammer ban reveals the hypocrisy of its fake fur policy
There are lots of problems with Warhammer fans. Bad haircuts, terrible dress sense, to name just two. These aren’t even stereotypes; as…
Britain’s spy agencies could do with a woman’s touch
I always knew security agencies were missing a trick with the ladies. Currently, less than four in ten workers in…
Christmas carols and the sorry state of British singing
At my local carol concert this week, I couldn’t help but despair at the state of the singing. It was just…
The fashion world had no moral compass – until Melania Trump came along
Will someone please dress Melania Trump? She looks like something out of The Only Way is Essex in those tight-fitting,…
The animal rights revolution is coming
Some will scoff when I say that we are in the first wave of an animal rights movement which will…
Forget ‘soft’ feminism. I want my feminism ‘hard’
Can you be a Disney princess and the feminist messiah? I wondered this earlier this week, upon seeing new images…
The truth? Most women can’t ‘have it all’
Many of my friends are terrified of having babies. It’s the childbirth process that frightens them. And once upon a time…
Young people’s ‘yolo’ spending is a symptom of a much bigger problem
‘You’ve got to stop eating those croissants,’ my parents tell me. I know they’re right, but have they seen the croissants?…
Bureaucracy is destroying the fabric of London’s nightlife
London’s nightlife is under attack. That became obvious this morning with the news that the popular club Fabric has closed for good. After…
Wedding rings should be kept away from the Olympics
I felt rather sorry for Chinese Olympian He Zi yesterday. Having picked up the silver gong in a women’s diving…
Pokémon Go is a symbol of Generation Y’s worst trait
Pokémon Go makes me wonder about Generation Y, which will surely be remembered as one of the most childish collectives…
Why Hillary Clinton’s mix of celebrities and politics could backfire
Politicians, it seems, aren’t so dissimilar from the rest of us in their obsession with celebrities. Indeed, not even Hillary…
The show’s over for the Women’s Equality Party
In the post-Brexit upheaval, the Women’s Equality Party (WEP) has fallen out of sight. Its members once told us ‘WE can,…
These celebrity lectures about Brexit are the absolute pits
Is there anything worse than celebrities lecturing us on Brexit? Tourists that walk slowly along Oxford Street, you say, or people…
In defence of baby Cyanide
I’ve always been slightly jealous of people with unusual names. It’s the sort of envy that happens when you miss…
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