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Why #MeToo matters so much

October 16, 2017 By Ellen

Have you seen all the #MeToo posts? They are by women who are putting up their virtual hands to say that they’ve been sexually assaulted or harassed too, in response to the Weinstein scandal. Women like you and I. It’s important to show how wide-spread this is and how, until now, so many women dealt with […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: #MeToo, feminism, in the world, My Life, Sexism, sexist, Something happened in my life, Weinstein, women, women's issues

Insert cheesy heading about being true to yourself here

October 6, 2017 By Ellen

In which the penny drops and we wait for the life’s chunky KitKat to drop to the bottom of fate’s vending machine (or something). Hat trick – the term originated in cricket. A bowler who retired three batsmen to three consecutive balls earned himself a new hat, paid for by the club. I googled and now […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: creative writing, fiction, humour, MLitt, My Life, Review, Something happened in my life, University, writing

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

Erskine Bridge: It probably should be a metaphor

September 8, 2017 By Ellen

There’s an idea bouncing around here. Boing. I’m sure you’re familiar with it. It’s something about the fact that there’s something remarkable under your nose if only you paid attention and stopped hurling yourself around looking for other things. Boing. There it goes again. Though, the only remarkable thing under my nose is philtrum – […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: adventure, beach, Clyde, creative writing, Erskine Bridge, Glasgow, in my life, My Life, on my mind, Scotland, Something happened in my life, story, things I've learned

Flying the nest – and some things don’t change

September 3, 2017 By Ellen

A week ago, I took Boy One to his place of education – car laden with lots of things I was quite happy to see the back of and lots of other stuff that it had somehow come essential for me to buy.  A big step for us both. Not least because his Asperger’s has, […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: boys, children, flying the nest, in my life, My Life, on my mind, parenting, School, Something happened in my life, things I've learned, University, wisdom, writing

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