All posts tagged wife
Culture, Captions and Self Congratulation
This column was initially meant to be about something else entirely. But then there was someone who was wrong on the internet, and I figured I’d wade into the argument. […]
The Life of Pie
Before I get to the nitty gritty of this article, I feel that I should define a few key terms. To be pied off = To be blatantly ignored […]
Dear Bronte – (Not so) Top Trumps
Hi, My boyfriend’s best friend from school is getting married in November to a lovely lady who (among other things) writes a blog about self-confidence, not judging others and […]
CONFESSIONS OF A MODERN-DAY LEPER
I thought I had it all. I was lucky enough to have been born into what they used to call a ‘middle-class family.’ But I guess my mother was right; […]
What is Sex?
What is sex? What do you count as having sex? What does sexual intercourse mean to you? Suggesting that penetration equals sex is as outdated as it is heteronormative. We […]
My Husband’s Wife
Under the sharia law, marriage is seen as a social contract between a man and a woman that is legally binding. The faith does not encourage any type of monasticism or […]
Patricia Highsmith’s Little Tales of Misogyny- Little Tales for Nasty Women
Now don’t be fooled by the title, Highsmith’s short story collection doesn’t paint pictures of rotten men, and victim women. Instead Highsmith creates a sweetshop’s worth of lurid, eccentric, strange, […]
A Review in Retrospect…Fringe Theatre Brought to the Forefront: This Much
This Much (or An Act of Violence Towards The Institution of Marriage) by John Fitzpatrick Presented by Nik Holtum and Moving Dust Productions Ran at Soho Theatre from 7th June […]
Citizen Trump
I woke up on Wednesday, like most of the Western world, with a dizzying sense of horror. Donald Trump was President-elect. The liberal worst nightmare, manifested as an orange reality […]