I hate to say it fellow feminists, but I think makeup is here to stay - it’s likely that I’m going to be shunned by my ‘sisterhood’ for saying this, but I for one, am glad. Makeup has, for so long, been synonymous with the creation of ‘female’ or the idea of ‘female’ in man’s … Continue reading Touching up your lippy on the frontline…
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No Means No, Miss Vintage…
“It’s not a lack of female modesty but a sense of male entitlement that leads to sexual violence. And the idea that we women can change men’s behaviour by changing our clothes is not only disconcerting, it has been debunked – as millions of women know all too well, no one every avoided a rape … Continue reading No Means No, Miss Vintage…
Fifties fashion…
The 'Sandra Dee' We're all familiar with sickly sweet Sandy in the 1978 musical Grease, but what about her style? I'm not talking the post-makeover Sandy, who stomps out her cigarette as the camera pans up her lithe legs, clad in black leather-look material. No, I'm talking about her slightly less seductive clothing, it might … Continue reading Fifties fashion…
Besotted with burlesque…
For a long, long time now I have adored burlesque. Not just for the incomprehensibly beautiful women – although I don’t mind them, or course – but for the glamour, the tease, the mischief, the music, the movement, the art of it. Obviously, as a lesbian, I love burlesque for the beautiful women too, but that’s not what it’s all … Continue reading Besotted with burlesque…
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