So here is the quick way of working out if you’re a feminist. Put your hand in your underpants. a. Do you have a vagina? and b. Do you want to be in charge of it? If you said yes to both, th...
She is also my only friend—apart from Emily Pagett, who reminds me of Baba in The Country Girls (Edna O’Brien, Hutchinson, 1962), in that she often spreads lies about me—but which I tolerate, because...
Que por encima de las nubes siempre hace sol
Pre-internet, it’s how I learned, and it learned me good. I know deep wisdoms, such as, ‘If you fancy someone hot who is already married, just wait a while – their wife might catch fire.’ (Jane Eyre)
Poor people can write. It’s one of the few things poverty, and lack
Pero, para ser sincera, suelo estar demasiado ocupada apagando los fuegos de mi aspecto físico para prestar mucha atención a mi cerebro, o a mi potencial de genio prodigioso.
Pero si tiene que haber una quinta ola de feminismo, espero que se distinga de todas las anteriores por que las mujeres se enfrenten a las dificultades, la desconexión y las tonterías de ser una mujer...
Perhaps it’s time for women to finally stop being secretive about their vices and start treating them like all other addicts treat their habits instead.
Of course, people discovering true love works out badly for everyone, really. I mean, it's okay in the end- once everyone settles down and stops making a big fuss about it. But fairly near the beginni...
Of course, in the end, when Mapplethorpe turned out to be very gay, Smith was left with no other option than to go off and write Horses and grow the world's most influential lady mustache instead. Her...
Não acho que o fato de as mulheres serem vistas como inferiores seja um preconceito com base no ódio que os homens têm de nós. Quando se olha para a história, é um preconceito baseado em fatos.
Not one had ever passed judgement on my cheap handbag to my face. But then, this is a reserved country.
Mi olyan rossz a királylányságban? Nos, személyes tapasztalatból tudom, hogy amitől felnőtt éveimben a legnagyobb megkönnyebbülést és szabadságot kaptam végül, az volt, hogy egyszer s mindenkorra felh...
Mert vissza kell állítanunk a „feminizmus szó státuszát. Igen nagy szükségünk van erre a szóra. Amikor a statisztika szerint az amerikai nők mindössze 29 – a brit nők 42 – százaléka vallja magát femin...
Mert az emberek pontosan ugyanazért zabálnak, amiért isznak, dohányoznak, kefélnek mániákusan és drogoznak. Hogy tisztázzam a dolgokat, zabálás alatt itt nem az egyszerű, örömteli torkosságot értem –...
Los abortos inducidos nunca se ven como algo positivo, al contrario de lo que ocurre con cualquier otra operación que remedie un estado que pueda resultar nocivo para tu vida. Las mujeres nunca hablan...
Kite spends three minutes trying to calm me down - 'Dutch! Dutch!' - and then just hugs me with his huge arms, so I am completely wrapped up, and inside him, like an owl inside a hollow tree. This is...
Jesus, I'm sorry. I have wasted your time with a fake deal. I acknowledge that this means you are of the case, and that I am now totally on my own in saving the family from destruction. I shall go bac...
I’m learning a whole new thing: that sometimes, love isn’t observable or noisy or tangible. That sometimes, love is anonymous. Sometimes, love is silent. Sometimes, love just stands there when you’re...
It’s really best not to tell people when you feel bad. Growing up is about keeping secrets, and pretending everything is fine.