Stuff Your Pompoms!

I liked this rant – about feminism and cheerleading and whether it’s a ‘sport’ or not… Because cheerleading is now considered a sport in 37% of UK schools!

Check out The Observer editorial here.

Sadly I found this article too late to comment – otherwise I would have added that one of the things […]

News – US Cancels Prom Over Lesbian Date

Curious what you guys think about this…

US school cancels prom ‘over lesbian date’ See the BBC news article here.

I think the bit that got me was that when she asked about the ban on taking a same sex date to the prom – she was told to remember where she was. And […]

News – Progress for Women in India!

I like to include news items about women around the world – as a way of reminding myself how lucky we are – and how many women there are who are still striving for safety, equality and justice.

So, a landmark bill has just been passed in India which reserves a third of seats […]

Trailblazers 01 – The Famous Five

The Famous Five (Canada)

Is a woman a ‘person’? Apparently not before these five TRAILBLAZING women from Alberta, Canada banded together.

Emily Murphy – the first female judge in the British Empire Irene Marryat Parlby – a farm women’s leader, activist and first female Cabinet minister in Alberta, Canada Nellie Mooney McClung – a […]

How NOT to Take Things Personally…

Last week we talked about being honest. So how do we now cope with our friends’ new found honesty and not take things so personally?

First a WARNING – to get my message across I am making huge generalisations about men and women…

So, men regularly insult each other, speak the truth and manage to […]