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No Woman Should Be a Feminist

November 26, 2013 • Culture, Featured

No doubt sometime during your life you have heard the claim that all women should be feminists. Love it or loath it, this prescription is splattered over every facet of British culture, and has been for decades. Whether it is our “inherently bigoted society” or that bloody “glass ceiling” people keep injuring themselves on, this cry that every female homo-sapien ought to subscribe to the Feminist political movement echoes like the deadening howl of a shackled and enslaved lioness. Continue Reading
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All Doctors Should Be Feminists

November 25, 2013 • Featured, Politics

Sexism kills.

Millions of women die each year from health issues that would have been avoided if they were men. Doctors, as advocates for fewer deaths and better health, should therefore be feminists. Continue Reading
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The Art of Sex Appeal

November 25, 2013 • Culture, Featured

‘What is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.’ – Yves Saint Laurent

It would appear that there exists a fine line between femme fatale and something from the depths of Amsterdam’s red lights. For centuries women have been attempting that allusive quelque chose. Scarlet lips and crimson nails, something black and lacy? Continue Reading
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Why Charity Skydiving Is Such a Drag

November 25, 2013 • Culture, Featured, Sports

What with Children In Need having been and gone once again, I thought it would be a good idea to write about raising money for charity. In particular, as you can see from the title, charity skydiving, and why this particular method of raising money really grinds my gears. Continue Reading
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Another Season

November 19, 2013 • Culture

CHANEL- An homage to B&Q

Another season, another fashion week, another bizarre attempt at high-end attire. First offence was a smirking Cara Delevingne clomping down the Chanel S/S 2014 runway to a pounding soundtrack of Jay-Z in a dress that can only be described as a cross between a twister mat and the colour swatches from B&Q but in reality took inspiration from an “antique German paint chart” Continue Reading
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

November 19, 2013 • Culture

On Saturday the 10th of November it was 12 years since the death of American writer Ken Kesey, author of the contemporary classic ‘One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest’. Continue Reading
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