Women
Women are not victims in dating
“You don’t have to go looking for love when it is where you come from.” – Werner Erhard
Author Helena Andrews is soon to put out a new book entitled ‘Bitch is the new black’. The book is made up of a collection of essays which take a satirical look at the issues that successful [...]
I’m now writing for The F Word
I’ve also recently joined the collective of talented female writers at The F Word, a British feminist blog. There’s an engaged, intelligent, thoughtful and active community there so it’s stimulating as a writer to write for them.
To be honest, I had never really considered myself a ‘feminist’ as such. I’ve just always believed, without labelling [...]
Black Abortion: is it genocide?
African-American women are disproportionately more likely to have an abortion than any other racial group. While abortion among white women constitutes around 10 in 1000 cases, with black women it’s around 50 in 1000.
With centres like Planned Parenthood moving into urban areas and focusing more on African-Americans, some have claimed that this is a form [...]
Sarah Palin’s Speech…
What to make of Sarah Palin’s speech?
Well, you know, it wasn’t badly delivered… but it doesn’t take a genius to read from an auto-cue. Ok, so she attacked Obama, talked about McCain being a POW (a lot) and then attacked Obama again. Oh, and she talked about her family.
She was combative, sarcastic, snarling (I didn’t [...]
The Perfect Body?
This week there have been a number of paparazzi photos of Serena Williams in a bikini, taken while she was on holiday with her boyfriend.
Personally I think she looks great, but can somebody please tell me why, when images of healthy, strong woman are in the public domain, the media has to be so negative? [...]