The Kiss that Should Not Have Been

Aug 31, 2023

“He’s a bad man,” said my son straight away when he saw the picture of Spanish player Jenni Hermoso’s head being held and kissed forcibly by Luis Rubiales, the president of the Spanish football federation. He may have also seen my face of utter...

Hope on the Horizon

Nov 10, 2020

Kamala Harris during her acceptance speech, wearing “suffragette white.” While we can’t yet say the dust is settling on the 2020 elections, we are beginning to see the end. Though Biden and Harris have 279 electoral college votes as I write this (and...

The Gendered Dangers of Brexit

Feb 26, 2020

Image from The Telegraph. The UK left the EU at the end of January, more than three years after the controversial Brexit referendum. This signalled the beginning of what will be another long process of negotiations, with current EU rules and regulations only...

Margaret Bondfield: Inspired Teen, Amazing Woman

Oct 7, 2019

Wikimedia Commons. Margaret came from humble beginnings, but changed her circumstances beyond all dreams! Margaret Grace Bondfield was born on 17 March 1873 in Chard, Somerset, England, to a father who was self-educated and had a love of learning, and a mother who...

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