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Facebook folly: I like them on my chest and lump-free

November 14, 2017 By Ellen

I wrote this 5 years ago, but as I’ve just had my first routine mammogram it seems like an appropriate day to resurface this.  It’s come round again. That time of year when women post silly suggestive things as their Facebook status apparently to bewilder poor men and raise awareness of breast cancer. I did […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: bra, breast cancer, Facebook, feminism, health, humour, in my life, in the world, mammogram, My Life, on my mind, Something happened in my life, The World, women

Women at work – what do we really want?

October 26, 2017 By Ellen

The more we talk about our experiences, the better. But it’s not always straightforward. My unease about writing freely about the menopause isn’t just that people will now focus on the woman who was once a person but is now just a sweaty bag of past-it symptoms. What bothers me is that the narrative about […]

Filed Under: things I learned from my children today Tagged With: creative writing, equality, feminism, in my life, in the world, menopause, on my mind, pregnancy, Something happened in my life, voices, women, work, working parent

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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