feminism

The Empowering Storybook EVERY Little Girl Should Read

The Empowering Storybook EVERY Little Girl Should Read

Where was this when we were growing up? Books are an amazing gift to give to kids, they can help expand their imagination and be more creative. But if you look at some of our favourite fairytales they all have the same recurring theme – a happy ending with a prince charming. While this is […]

10 years ago

One Irish mum on guilt, feminism and the new anxieties of motherhood

One Irish mum on guilt, feminism and the new anxieties of motherhood

Feminism, for me, centres on choice. Women dictating what their choices are and being allowed to make them. No one size fits all. When you’re a parent, these choices are fraught with a new type of anxiety that you never used to worry about. How you think longingly of the days when decisions were only […]

11 years ago

Why every child needs this colouring book…

Why every child needs this colouring book…

Last week we brought you the top five colouring books for adults. Publishers have reported a renewed interest among adults in colouring, which is said to combat anxiety and sooth stress. Now, Seattle-based feminist writer, Ijeoma Oluo, has designed a colouring book of powerful women and their quotes aimed at young and old colouring enthusiasts […]

11 years ago