The Spectre of Paedophilia
Is a Positive Body Image Possible with No Positive Words? We’ve already been through my journey to be able to say the word ‘vagina’ without blushing or indeed being able to say it at all, thus there’s...
View ArticlePervasiveness of Porn
Out of the many controversial posts here on Freedom 451, one particular post has recently sparked off a huge interest. It doesn’t win 5% more, or 10% more. Phenomenally, it is in the lead by 20% more;...
View ArticleWhat Giving Birth is Really Like
They say… ‘Shitting a football’ or ‘Squeezing a watermelon through a bagel’… Whatever. Those are humorous and fairly accurate descriptions…but only about delivery (which for me at least was ironically...
View ArticleCreating The Vagina Times
The word ‘vagina’ has been bandied around our house a lot lately. In my journey towards liberation (in all aspects of my life) the examination of my sexuality, represented by that part of my anatomy...
View ArticleI knew I was a Feminist when…
…I dressed my boy in his sister’s old tights and some members of my family had a problem with it. Not a big problem. But they jeered (most politely of course since we are English) and said in an...
View ArticleYou Look Like You’re Coping but You’re Not – Post Natal Anxiety
“We promise we’ll have her back within the hour.” Said my mother in law. Freya – my daughter – was 6 weeks old. And my parents in law had come over from Sweden to see their son’s first child and to...
View ArticleShould China’s one-child policy be scrapped?
As a writer I believe in the power of words. They can make you laugh or cry. But there’s only one topic that makes me retch involuntarily from disgust. The abuse of children. Combine that with my...
View ArticleThe Most Dangerous Lie Of All
I cried today at Legally Blonde with Reese Witherspoon. That end part where everyone is in love with her and cheers her on the podium. It’s not the first time, nor even the second. It’s probably the...
View ArticleThe Bush Administration
Bush: Uncut I’ve come a long way with my bundle of issues, but discussing pubic hair with my mother-in-law is most strictly out of bounds. Or it was, until now. I wasn’t aware of having invited the...
View ArticleKatie Hopkins – Sociopath? or Honest Woman?
Katie Hopkins – a controversial TV reality star in the UK – was recently published on Femail claiming that she outsources parenthood to a team of five nannies. The secret to being a happy mother? Hire...
View ArticleThe Magnificence of “Me”– Loving Yourself
Just reading the title that I came up with for this post makes me want to throw up a little bit, or at the very least turn away in disgust. The author isn’t a person I would want to associate with. But...
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