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Where are all the menopause shops?

September 22, 2017 By Ellen

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 […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: feminism, feminist, hot flash, hot flush, menopause, My Life, on my mind, rant, Sexism, women

Change, Change, Change… Change of Life

February 24, 2017 By Ellen

What happens when you trap almost 500 middle-aged women into a confined space for a couple of hours? Wherever you are on the oestrogen spectrum, you’d be inclined to think that the outcome would be, to say the least, tetchy. Especially if some of the women had had their gin confiscated. But you’d be wrong. […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review Tagged With: Beacon, feminism, Greenock, heat, hormones, humour, in my life, menopause, My Life, Review, something happened in my world, song, Theatre, women

Things you shouldn’t say to a menopausal woman

September 11, 2016 By Ellen

Are you menopausal? No, it’s you. – In answer to: “Is it hot in here?” Shall I close the window? It doesn’t matter if it’s draughty, she opened it for a reason. Is it raining? Your hair is wet. You know perfectly well it hasn’t rained in weeks, this is sweat. My granny had the same […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: advice, aging, feminism, in my life, menopause, My Life, on my mind, Something happened in my life, women

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