Feminism

How old are you? Why lying about your age is now normal

When you’re 21 and living a glamourous, youthful existence that resembles a scene from sex and the city, why would you be concerned about your age? For us women, with body clocks, stereotypes, and youthful expectations, age is…

Females Can Fly Too!

When was the last time you were sitting on an aeroplane and heard the words ‘Hello, this is your captain speaking’ from a female voice? — I’m guessing close to never.

Abort the laws

Sweden, 2008

One day, in my last year of high school, one of the nurses from the local youth clinic* came to class to promote the clinic’s services. She was, in every way, a large woman with dark features and a deep, firm voice. She had no accent but her aura screamed Eastern…

The Trend of the Ism

Racism, feminism, body shaming (ism): issues that affect everyday people, issues that place particular societal groups above others, and issues that take pride and place within popular culture. Wait, what?

You may have a glass ceiling but there’s always cheap cupcakes!

Often with controversial topics such as gender equality, feminism and same sex marriage, activists get lost in attempt to broadcast a game-changing message. Sometimes this solves the issue and other times this makes the…

Playboy Covers Up

The jig is up. Looks like the only reason to read Playboy magazine these days is truly ‘for the articles’. The quality journalism and in-depth editorial content was the main reason for the magazine’s success for decades after all, wasn’t it? After 60 years of publication, Playboy has just done a…