Article for the Guardian’s Women in Leadership: ‘I thought motherhood would make me weak and passive but it has filled me with fury and passion instead’
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Bare Reality by photographer Laura Dodsworth
Laura Dodsworth’s book Bare Reality features 100 topless women and their stories. I interviewed her for Motherland…
Body Conscious
I wrote an article for Motherland London on pregnancy and body image. Read it here (or click on the image).
Women with something to say
Last Friday some of the world’s most powerful women took to the stage to give motivational speeches as part of TED Women 2013. There were 200 events held around the world and I went to TEDx Whitehall Women at BAFTA. Fancy canapes were served in a carpeted room with floor to ceiling windows looking out
Why women nag
Firstly, it’s not just women. Men do it too. “You’re too hairy, why don’t you wax?” “You’re too fat, why don’t you lose weight?” “Why don’t you want to have sex with me?” “Stop trying to have sex with me” “Why don’t you ever bake pies?” “We need to eat more healthily” “Don’t heat up