Magazines like Closer, though, are ostensibly by and for women. Don’t they have a responsibility to consider whether their editorial content is endorsing something that is dangerous to women?

The difference between writing like a boy and being one.

It is entirely possible to dress well without being a slave to fashion. Men manage. We should give it a try. I have a sneaking suspicion money in the bank is more empowering than an extra pair of Manolos.

Why foundation is more anti-feminist than lipstick

It sticks in my craw that when, according to Home Office research, up to 85,000 women are raped in the UK each year the Daily Mail comes out and says men are the REAL victims.

The Independent reports, Chacon has committed a terrible “gaffe”…. Anything a woman does or says can and will be used against her in the court of public opinion. The more powerful that woman is the more vicious and hateful her detractors will be. Male politicians have been cocking things up since the beginning of time, yet they carry on.

India’s Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) was founded in 1972 by Ela Bhatt, a groundbreaking woman lawyer, the SEWA organises and provides credit, health insurance, pensions and other essential safety net services to hundreds of thousands of self-employed Indian women.

It’s International Women’s Day. Why not shout in the face of the bloke-o-sphere?

The good news, ladies, is that there are three jobs (of those surveyed) where women make more than men. The bad news is they are: data entry clerk, postal clerk and special education teacher.

In case anyone missed it, a report commissioned by the university on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender life at Oxford is posted on the web, and gives suggestions for ways to make Oxford a more queer-friendly place.