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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...

The problem of Misogyny in GAME OF THRONES

"... They are nothing more than props. Interchangeable, nameless, faceless orifices that men enter at their convenience, because they’ve...

Game of Thrones Finale - A Review

"...In a show that gave us so many strong female characters (before it broke them down that is) the Iron Throne falls to someone who has...

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 Married Women

Sometimes it is about living without putting all your expectations about your happiness, well-being and comfort, on someone else’ s...

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....

TRUMP’s Familiar Brand of Sexism

"...How they hate them when they are “bitches” (say “No” to them); and how they loath them when they are “whores” (say “Yes” to them);...

Who's Out There

"..But if you want conversation, emotional intelligence and empathy? Forget about it. You are better off with a labrador frankly…"