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The debate around dressing for work hit the headlines last month, with high heels taking centre stage. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) came under fire for sending temporary receptionist Nicola Thorp home for not wearing shoes with the required ‘two to four inch heel’. The debate erupted in the press and on social media, culminating with Julia Roberts leading...
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I recently went along with some of my girlfriends to an event at Third Space gym in Canary Wharf, which I genuinely thought was going to be another fitness meet-up. It was called ‘Educate. Empower. Inspire’ and aimed to reclaim the true meaning of female health and fitness. The event was completely different to what I...
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For my birthday, I was given a hefty non-fiction book entitled ‘Warrior Women: 3000 Years of Courage and Heroism’ and approached it with caution. I know all too well that misogyny is still a major problem in Western society, despite the progress made towards bridging the inequality between men and women, but I’m still wary...
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Following one of the biggest campaigns in recent times comes a new wave of war against the unfair inequality between the sexes. And even though the ‘tampon tax’ debate has still not been resolved, light has now been shed on the sexist pricing of everyday products which has resulted in more fuel being added to the...
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I’m no extreme feminist, however in the last year or so Twitter has heightened my interest in feminism. After months of observing boys on Twitter making bold statements such as “girls shouldn’t be able to do this or that” or “girls with no tits are basically men”, I started to get a little fed up. I...
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When I first heard that Hollywood were investing so much time and money into Suffragette – the story of Maud Watts played by Carey Mulligan, a foot soldier in the war on equality and women’s rights to vote, I was genuinely shocked that it was finally happening. I could feel the excitement building inside of me;...
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ronda rousey
“Don’t be a D.N.B!” This is what Ronda Rousey’s mother taught her when she was a young girl, but little did she know this would soon be the mantra to her life. A D.N.B – ‘do nothing b***h; a woman who sits around and waits for a man to take care of her. Ronda being...
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Earlier this week after coming home from a long, hot day stuck in an office I relished in a cold drink. Hearing footsteps coming down my stairs I was unalarmed expecting a member of my family. Yet when I turned it was certainly not a family member. Unprepared and shell shocked I choked on my...
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Today is the day that millions of dedicated fans have waited for. The eagerly anticipated third season of Orange is the New Black has been released on Netflix. In 2013 OITNB’s debut season blew up unexpectedly, gaining some of the most loyal and passionate fans a series like this has ever had, and so it...
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Since 2004 Taylor Swift has taken the music scene by storm, from country singer to pop queen she always has a trick up her sleeve; her latest being her music video for Bad Blood. The feud between Taylor and Katy Perry is reported to be her inspiration for the song, after Katy apparently tried to...
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