What do you stand for? Do you even know? It strikes me as strange that although most people hold some pretty strong beliefs, few actually express them. Ask…
There is a lot of chatter around the idea that women are supposed to “Lean In.” The book that coined the phrase is everywhere. So, being a “with…
You know those digital bracelet fitness thingies that everybody wears? The ones that are connected to social media like an umbilical cord? I can’t find mine. I have…
I don’t cry, like ever. It has to be a pretty bad situation for me to have a big fat tear roll into my sobbing mouth. But today…
I consider myself a bit of an armchair feminist. I tut-tut news stories about Hijabs, the glass ceiling and systemic limitations of women’s ambitions. I am not the…
Menopause comes for all of us women, some sooner and others later, but the inevitability of this transition can’t be debated. At 46, my own hormones decided to…
Can somebody please do something about these misogynist old crinkle dicks in positions of power? This asshole, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has said women cannot be treated as…
I know, I know, think positively of people and make a happy world. I read the Facebook memes, I am aware that I am supposed to be nice.…
As usual, my women friends are dragging grouchy old badger me into modern trends. Even though I am old as dirt and stuck in my ways, I like to think…
Barbara, can we talk about your outrageous attention-seeking remark on Twitter? Clearly it worked since the internet is on fire over your bright coloured suits and hiked skirts.…