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International Women’s Day – balance for better

March 8, 2019 By Ellen

Again? Yup. It’s International Woman’s Day. Hardly seems 12 months since the last one… This year’s theme is ‘balance for better‘.  View this post on Instagram Better the balance, better the world. Show us your #BalanceforBetter pose as the world gets ready for #IWD2019 IWD website/theme⁣ ⁣ #internationalwomensday #mentoring #event #coaching #debate #womensupportwomen #w4w #networking […]

Filed Under: blogging, other things I have learned Tagged With: equality, feminism, in my life, in the world, International Women's Day, My Life, Sexism, things I've learned, women

On dentists and unexpected super powers, things I’ve learned from my life.

January 27, 2019 By Ellen

It’s true, I’ve been in something of a funk these past few weeks. And I’ve been quite cross with myself about it. Then I overheard a conversation between two of my inner voices which went like this: IV1 We’ve got a fabulous new job, there are new pets in the house and we are between […]

Filed Under: family, other things I have learned Tagged With: Blogging For Happiness, boys, children, dentists Botox, feminism, Greenock, guinea pigs, in the world, inner voices, parent, positive thinking, scouts, smarter working, things I've learned, work

Dispatches from the bunker… a manifesto

January 20, 2019 By Ellen

What am I fighting for? Belinis on a school night. It was a marvellous mid-week treat of an evening in the company of some fabulous women full of bright ideas and lively conversation. (Apologies to fellow diners who found that it was also loud and possibly a bit rude.) Among other things the conversation swirled […]

Filed Under: family, other things I have learned Tagged With: boys, children, dispatches, feminism, From the bunker, having it all, house work, manifesto, My Life, patriarchy, Sexism

Short story: The Third Age

November 5, 2018 By Ellen

Climacteric NOUN 1 A critical period or event ‘the first major climacteric in 21st-Century poetry’ 2 Medicine The period in life when fertility and sexual are in decline (in women). ‘most women do not experience significant psychological problems at the climacteric’ 3 Botany The ripening period of certain fruits such as apples, involving increased metabolism […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: feminism, fiction, fun, menopause, read, short story, women, writing

Things I learned from seeing Caitlin Moran

June 28, 2018 By Ellen

On the eve of the publication of her second novel, How To Be Famous, Caitlin Moran was in Edinburgh talking about sex. She also talked about lots of other things, but it was mostly sex – good sex, bad sex and solo sex (which doesn’t, I believe, have a bad version). Here’s what I learned […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review Tagged With: Caitlin Moran, Edinburgh, feminism, heatwave, Scotrail, things I've learned, trains, writing

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