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Coronavirus: Beware the free-time fallacy

March 31, 2020 By Ellen

Stay at home, they said. Save lives, they said. It’ll only be for a while, they said. Look on the bright side, they said. Think of all that time to do the things you’ve been putting off for years. Shakespeare, they said, wrote some good material while social distancing from bubonic plague, and as for […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, review, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: children, coronavirus, Covid 19, feminism, parenting, School, Sexism, time

Where are older women hiding? A challenge…

June 26, 2019 By Ellen

I know it’s a bit of a joke – hit your middle years and you become invisible. No cat calls, no unwanted attention, in fact, no attention at all one way or the other. It’s a superpower of sorts – we can become anything we want, from spies to leaders of industry. So far, so […]

Filed Under: feminism, Feminist, feminist Friday, feminsim, feminsm, other things I have learned Tagged With: Bechdel Test, business, feminism, in my life, My Life, on my mind, Sexism, silver fox, women

Women’s football: balls to the sexists

June 14, 2019 By Ellen

A late submission to football chat… I first decided football wasn’t for me sometime in the late 1980s when, with a Dons-supporting boyfriend at Pittodre, the opposition substituted a black player. The racism shocked and sickened me. That these ordinary folk in the stand beside me had brought a banana with them to express their […]

Filed Under: boys Tagged With: boys, feminism, football, in the world, Scotland, Sexism, sport, Women's World Cup

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

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

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