The Truth About Power

I was reading ‘O magazine’ the other night and found a great article on ‘Power People’ that I found interesting and wanted to share with you. Selected Power People were asked to finish sentences and here are a few examples.  Try to finish them for yourselves...

Paternity Leave Hugely Extended in UK: Mother-Father Equality?

A paternity leave law is being passed in the UK - mothers will be able to chose to go back to work during the last six month's on their baby's first year. During this time, fathers are allowed a 6-month paternity leave with 3-months paid. Fathers currently get 2 weeks...

How to make Hillary popular

"She appeals to exactly the kind of women who adore Oprah: frigid, bitter, infertile old closet-alcoholics and the young women who will grow up to be one of them one day."

Feminists are Hot

It turns out that strong womyn are babes:"Busting stereotypes that peg feminists as ugly lesbians, a new study shows that having a feminist partner is linked with healthier, more romantic heterosexual relationships. The study, published online this week in the journal Sex...

Gender Parity

" Today is not only Robbie Burns day but it is also the birthday of British author and feminist Virginia Wolfe who was born in 1882. And she gets forgotten because of all the brouhaha around Burns Day. Ironic that, if it wasn't another example of unconscious systemic...

Nazanin Fateh Update

"As reported here earlier last year the fate of Nazanin Fateh, who was to be hung in Iran for defending herself from rape, became a one woman cause for Canada's Miss World, who also shared Nazanin's first name. Nazanin Fateh got a new trial and while she is not going...