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Heavy sh*t – 100 words

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Heavy sh*t Among the many lies they tell to women is the one that says they shouldn’t lift heavy things. Not sacks of potatoes, gigantic rocks nor over-stuffed suitcases and certainly not weights, on a bar, in a gym. That’s dangerous, stick to the tiny pink dumbbells. Look out! Don’t try weights! Your muscles will […]

100 words – Roe v Wade

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Roe v wade No one wants to need an abortion, in the same way no one wants to be raped, to be carrying a baby that will die before it’s born, to use contraception properly but still become pregnant, to be dumped by the father of their child, to be too young to know the facts, […]

Where are all the menopause shops?

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There is not another human experience that has escaped the attentions of the commercially-minded folk of the internet. Really – whatever it is – untidy cupboards, the inability to get off your sofa to do things or the need to detoxify something that was never toxic in the first place – there’s not just one […]