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We Aren’t Leaving It Too Late To Have Children, We’re Being Screwed Over

I’m Surprised Offensive Behavior To Women In Football Has Been Taken ...

Has Attachment Theory Gone Too Far?

I’ve Entered My Eat, Pray, Love Era & I’m Not The Only One

Are you in your “Eat Pray Love era”? As I enter what sociologists rather meanly call “early mid-life” at the age of 35, I am firmly in mine

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Alleged Rapist Russell Brand Was Hiding ‘In Plain Sight’, Abusers...

Warning: The following includes descriptions of rape, sexual assault, and abuse that some readers may find distressing. In 2010, the comedian Russell Brand

by Vicky Spratt

Gwyneth’s ‘I Wish You Well’ Was Immediate — But...

Once, on a cold January evening, I wrote in an iMessage the words: “I wish you well.” I was signing off a text to someone who had behaved less

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Why You Should Never, Ever Text Someone: “We Need To Talk&#...

There can be no text message that strikes more fear into the hearts of, well, pretty much everyone than one containing these words: “Can we talk?R

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I Got My Face Lasered To Improve My Skin & Here’s What I Le...

In 2021, it’s safe to say we’re no longer as afraid of growing older as we once were. The beauty industry is slowly phasing out the term “

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She Just Wanted To Walk Home

This week began with International Women’s Day, supposedly a day to celebrate. The theme this year was “choose to challenge.” But towards the

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Uncharted Bodies

Hysterical Women: Why Is Hormonal Contraception Still Failing Us?

Reproductive autonomy as we know it today began on October 15, 1951 with a Mexican wild yam root. Carl Djerassi, PhD, (also known as the father of the pill

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Why I’m Not Sure I Want To Leave Lockdown

On the day that the scale of the coronavirus crisis hit me, I was at the Department of Health. It was early in the morning and I was there for a breakfast

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The Difficult Reality Of Being Estranged From Your Family

Warning: This article includes references to sexual and physical abuse as well as suicide, which some readers may find distressing. Until recently, family

by Vicky Spratt