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‘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!
‘Crush’ Verb: ‘Deform, pulverize, or force inwards by compressing forcefully’. Noun: ‘A brief but intense infatuation for someone, especially someone unattainable’. Ah the ‘Crush’. A word and a concept that seems so dated and juvenile to us now. Something to be chronicled into the archives of our youths, along with various other subheadings: Braces, Bacne, Not Quite Real Bras, Toothy... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: From the Heart Love & Relationships Olivia Lowry
Having to do job applications when you’re on the first day of your period should be illegal. In an un-written rule sense. A universal understanding that it’s actually better for everyone if you make a soft nest, swathed in pug puppies and furry cats, hot-water bottles, slouchy clothes and an all-day run of the Gilmore Girls. (Image via) Alas, I... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Careers Cringe Factor Olivia Lowry
If, for whatever reason, you find you have a spare minute, a desire to procrastinate, a day off and no more Real Housewives of Atlanta to watch, or maybe out of genuine interest, Google image ‘depression’. Today I did. I had a mid-week day off, no Millionaire Matchmaker on TV and so a thousand cups of tea and half an... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: From the Heart Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Olivia Lowry
Today is an angry day. I went to bed angry. I had a brief window of not angry in the morning and then I saw the front cover of the Daily Mail. All the anger of the night before returned in full force. What has made me so gosh darn angry? Am I hangry? Horngry? Rangry (road rage angry…so I’m... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Fire me up baby! Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Olivia Lowry