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A Blog about Women's Rights, TV & cinema reviews, politics, social change
and pop culture seen through the eyes of a feminist.

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What Does it Really Mean?

Many studies have shown that stay-home mums who have kids aged between 5-12, have a punishing daily 14-hour / 98 hours a week / seven day...

Rituals and Rings - That Old Marriage Trap - Part 3

Maybe those marriages wouldn’ t have lasted for so long, if the little grandmothers had a little money in their name... Love, romance,...

The Woman in the Mirror - “Ageing is Not For Sissies” – Part II

... In this era of proud porn watchers, public masturbators, outed sadists, and closeted pedophiles, it is heterosexual women who are...

Beauty Works - Ageing is Not For Sissies - Part I

Digital artists are recruited in order to eliminate such “flaws” from actresses, keeping that face “bankable” and the illusion (and...

Wedding Gowns & Lies - That Old Marriage Trap – Part 2

In the words of Cruella de Vil: “We lose more women to marriage than war, famine, and disease!” Isn’t it interesting that in pop culture,...

A Saviour & Protector - That Old Marriage Trap – Part 1

Thoughts of wedding gowns will attack their brain like a virus that spreads everywhere, erasing all non-family related dreams, wiping out...

Dear Single Women

Marriage is more about someone else’ s dirty laundry and bathroom habits. It’s about not having a moment to yourself, and endless chores,...

The Cold Reality of Numbers~ The Dystopia is near - Part II ~

...men are really outraged, because a single movie theatre in Austin, Texas, “violated their rights” when it decided to do a women-only...

Dear Men – Part I

…unless you look like Brad Pitt (and I don’ t mean in “Moneyball”, I mean in “The Mexican”!); and unless you look like George Clooney...

Dear Women

And if you feel you must marry, do yourself a favour: have separate bathrooms. It might save your marriage. Not to mention your sanity....