Posts categorised in : Fire me up baby!
October 10, 2016 - Written by: Yazmin Joy
Yeonmi Park’s In Order to Live reads more like a dystopian Margaret Atwood novel then a biography. Her voice is not what you would imagine. She is self-aware, unassuming, worried about fitting in, she loves the movie Titanic (Leo with floppy hair – a girl after my own heart!), sometimes doubtful in her ability but ultimately strong willed. (Image via)... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Fire me up baby! Wise up! Yazmin Joy
June 30, 2016 - Written by: Katie Fanthorpe
Crying into your BREXIT-cereal? Writing long rants on FB, Twitter and Instagram? Called your Mum to interrogate her about which way she voted? Chances are you’re an emotional extrovert caught in the absolute mess that is Britain since the referendum. Despite my tongue in cheek opening, there really isn’t much to laugh about at the moment. Whatever eventually comes of... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Fire me up baby! From the Heart Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement
June 16, 2016 - Written by: Shiraz Engineer
A few weeks ago on my commute, I noticed a poster on the Green Park escalator for the stage show of Whose Line Is It Anyway? and was instantly irritated by the photo of improvisational comics to appear on stage – six people, of whom one was a woman. Sigh. Oh well, I thought, it’s just one show. Got onto... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Fire me up baby!
June 10, 2016 - Written by: Katie Fanthorpe
I have always thought that I was awful at sport. At school I always attempted to get out of any kind of PE lesson. I put far more effort into my excuses than I did waddling around the tennis courts. Despite a very active childhood, I just decided, once puberty struck, that working up a sweat wasn’t for me. (GIF... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Fire me up baby! From the Heart Katie Fanthorpe Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement
May 30, 2016 - Written by: Yazmin Joy
I was beaming as I read the headline on my Facebook newsfeed. ‘No more tampon tax! HUZAH!’ I exclaimed with unadulterated delight as I sat at my office desk on a cool spring morning. (Image via) I was mid-dancing in my swivel chair when I noticed my colleague’s blank expression: ‘Do you care about that kind of stuff then?’ ‘Of course.’... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Fire me up baby! Wise up! Yazmin Joy
May 29, 2016 - Written by: Poppy Gillian
Recently I read an article about Chris Hemsworth baking his daughter a birthday cake. In fact, there were numerous articles about it all over the internet, here’s an example. The cake did look pretty good and better than anything I could ever bake, but I don’t get what all the fuss is about. Chris Hemsworth is hot, talented and famous,... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Fire me up baby! Poppy Gillian Rant Wise up!
May 23, 2016 - Written by: Yazmin Joy
I have two great fears: childbirth and murderers. Both involve (probably) pooping myself and (maybe) death. This blog is about the latter. Trying not to get killed is something I think about a lot. It’s a fear that I believe originated from unsupervised true crime marathons when I was a kid. And the fact my mother regularly calls me to question whether I am successfully dodging... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Fire me up baby! From the Heart Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Yazmin Joy
April 9, 2016 - Written by: Guest Blogger
Women have been an integral part of the workforce for the better part of a century, but their efforts have largely been limited to domestic, sales, and administrative work. That is beginning to change, with women slowly beginning to enter the trade industry. Opportunities are promising in welding, HVAC, and construction, and, as this infographic Tulsa Welding School developed points out, those... Read the rest of this post...
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March 21, 2016 - Written by: Olivia Lowry
‘I shall try to show exactly how the concept of the ‘truly feminine’ has been fashioned – why woman has been defined as the Other …’ In the introduction to her seminal 1949 text, The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir defined what it was to be a woman in society. The definition was declared and with it the call to... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Fire me up baby! Olivia Lowry Wise up!
March 11, 2016 - Written by: Lauren Williams
Today I threw a full-on wobbly because the house was a little bit untidy. Two Fridays ago I had to leave a bar my boyfriend was playing a gig in because every time someone tried to talk to me I nearly broke down in uncontrollable, sobbing tears. I’ve cried when someone has looked at me just because they were looking... Read the rest of this post...
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