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Feminism Friday: Women in magazines
Women are all over magazines. Open one up – whichever gender of adult it’s aimed at – and you will most probably see far more images of women than you will of men. This means that we’re analysed and...
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Feminism Friday: Anatomy of a Tube Encounter
It’s a weeknight and it’s late. Two women with brightly coloured hair stand on the eastbound Jubilee Line platform at Waterloo – one red, and one orange. The train arrives and they sit near each other....
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Review: Boylexe
Guest Blogger #19 – Michael Darling is a writer, cheeky burlesque performer and Barelesque regular. He kindly agreed to go along to Boylexe (the new show from the producer of Burlexe) to review it for...
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Gender: Why do you need to know?
Why do you need to know someone’s gender? What the fuck difference does it make? Most of the time, it makes no difference whatsoever. It is possible to talk to someone and interact with them on a...
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Feminism Friday: Beauty ideals and diversity
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, they say. Whoever ‘they’ are, I wouldn’t listen to them if I were you. After all, this ‘beholder’ might be someone with completely different ideals of beauty to...
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Sticky balls, Sir?
No, I don’t mean the rice variety at your local Thai or Chinese restaurant; I’m talking about testicles. Sticky testicles. And would you believe that there is nothing remotely sexual involved? Well,...
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Review: FGL from Figleaves
I don’t understand the festive adverts for Figleaves. The posters I have seen on the tube feature a slender model in beautiful lingerie with the tag line “All I Want…“, but who are they hoping to...
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Men, style and fashion
Fashion is often still thought of as something that is only of interest to women. Despite centuries of astonishingly elaborate menswear before the Great Masculine Renunciation of the late 18th century,...
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Lust List: January
Last year’s Lust List evolved from lingerie that I spotted and loved (even if there was no way I could afford or fit into it), into a more inclusive monthly list of interesting underwear, swimwear or...
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Lust List: April
This month’s underwear Lust List is inspired by my visits to The Body Studio at Selfridges and the Undressed exhibition at the V&A, plus my many lunch time window shopping trips on London’s famous...
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