Claire Rothstein’s ‘Be A Lady They Said’ fashion film and poem with Cynthia Nixon has gone viral this week. It is popular because of how relatable it is. Be a lady they said. Don’t be too fat. Don’t be too thin. Don’t be too large. Don’t be too small. Eat up. Slim down. Stop eating … Continue reading Why can’t you just love yourself? · By Holly Ann Golightly
Sorry if the title of this post threw you off a bit – if you clicked hoping for a bit of juicy gossip, I’m sorry to inform you that you will be severely disappointed. This misleading heading actually refers to something I like to call the ‘Daddy’s Girl Complex’: a phenomenon I have disconcertedly noticed … Continue reading Daddy Issues · By Roisin Ellis
This weekend, as expected, there has been a flurry of activity on social media following the election. We are being told ‘you lost, get over it’ and ‘well, at least now we can have Merry Christmas’. We are not bad losers, we believe in democracy, so why does this feel unreasonable? The reason is because … Continue reading Why can’t we just ‘get over it’ · By Holly Ann Golightly
Countless films, books, TV programmes and the like have presented us with the supposedly enigmatic and elusive ‘smart’ girl character: the quirky outsider who couldn’t care less about her social position or perception. These girls commonly follow a disconcertingly similar pattern, often gothic and stand-offish (think Effy from Skins and Maeve from Sex Education) with a penchant … Continue reading Aren’t you a clever girl? · By Roisin Julia
While couples have to deal with the dreaded, “So, when are you having children?” question, single women don’t get off the hook. The primary question of torture: “Do you have a boyfriend yet?” Some of the strongest women I know are happily single. They have fulfilling and successful lives but their lifestyles are often not … Continue reading “Do you have a boyfriend yet?” · By Holly Ann Golightly
Something which I have become somewhat obsessed with in recent years is the vast impact social media has had on pretty much every aspect of modern life. We cannot compare it to anything in history and it often feels like we cannot keep up with it because no one yet knows how to harness … Continue reading ‘Disposable Dates’: Tinder, Modern Dating and Rejection · By Roisin Julia
TW: Abortion, mentions of rape, incest, infant abandonment Let me start by being honest with you all here: this article is not the article I wanted to write. Instead of publishing the article I had written for this week, (it was going to be a nice rant on the lack of true female representation in … Continue reading ‘Under His Eye’: In Alabama, the Future of Women’s Rights Takes a Dark Turn · By Cia Risbridger
