Day 19   And the final one of my ten new commandments is simply this – thou shalt smash the patriarchy. By gendering God, we set half of humanity … [Read more...]

Day 18   Someone, long ago, took me aside and described, earnestly, repeatedly and at great lengths, the horrors that had been heaped upon them when … [Read more...]

Day 17   As a Habitually Invisible Woman, I find myself constantly amazed by the degree to which I’m reflected in media representations of the … [Read more...]

Day 16   A couple of years ago, we had a Christmas craft party in the local village hall. I took my sewing machine and some dried lavender, and some … [Read more...]

Day 15   It’s tempting to think of kindness as a lovely soft thing. A pillow against the awful times we’re living in. An analgesic marshmallow. The … [Read more...]