Posts categorised in : Wise up!
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
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!
April 28, 2016 - Written by: Cas Sutherland
In my first few days of university I met a bright, bubbly girl while I was out on a pub-crawl. She had crazy curly hair, wore glasses and she was on the same degree course as me. We spoke at high speed back and forth for hours that night, and for many nights thereafter. We took classes together. We would... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: From the Heart Wise up!
April 15, 2016 - Written by: Katie Fanthorpe
Last summer I made a somewhat daring decision. I’d almost come to the end of my BA in English Literature and I was starting to think about what I might want to do next. Although lots of very sensible options came to mind, I couldn’t stop thinking about my writing, and how little I’d felt I’d achieved with it over... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Careers Katie Fanthorpe Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Wise up!
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...
Categories: Careers Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Fire me up baby! Wise up!
March 30, 2016 - Written by: Cas Sutherland
What a month this Women’s History Month has been! Living in China, it’s often easy to feel some level of disconnect from the fourth wave feminism of London or New York, but this month in Beijing has reminded me that women all over the world are fighting for the same thing: equality. Just because they don’t get to vote for... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Wise up!
March 28, 2016 - Written by: Sana Sarwar
A lot of people assume being 20 means you have nothing to worry about and life is like a carefree fun ride. Little do people know the little stupid things we can get stressed about that, in truth, don’t really deserve time to be pondered on. Along with stressing about getting a job and trying to be a success, we tend to burden ourselves... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Rant Sana Sarwar Wise up!
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 8, 2016 - Written by: Yazmin Joy
In the intense heat of civil unrest in the 1950’s, jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, like most of the African American musicians at the time, was facing unprecedented opposition as she struggled to get into the prime music venues. Racial prejudice and the threat of violence had forced well known artists like Ella underground to play dingy nightclubs and small time... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Fire me up baby! From the Heart Wise up! Yazmin Joy