And why this is just a tip of a much bigger iceberg we really need to start talking about — Sexism in advertising isn’t exactly a new phenomenon. It has existed as long as the industry itself, and in particular during the so-called Golden Age of advertising from the late 1950s to the 70s. But even if you were born years after these ‘good old days’ when most women still…

The good, the bad and the unexpected of leaving your home country behind — A couple of weeks ago, it was my five-year anniversary of living in the UK. Before that, I lived in Belgium. And then before that, in France. In between living in those countries, I also spent some time in Italy and the US — I have family there. But I’m…

On the myth of ‘man the protector’ and why it’s about time we retired it — At a New Year’s Eve party many years ago, a man approached me from behind, groped me and then slapped my ass so hard I screamed in pain before he callously walked away. That man was a good friend of my boyfriend at the time. And this actually happened right…

But unfortunately that’s not an idea that sells itself well — Grifters have been grifting over time lately. And I’m not referring here to your ‘regular’ influencers with Amazon storefronts and Shein brand deals making their livelihoods from promoting products manufactured at a fraction of the price that will end up in a landfill faster than you can say, ‘I pledge…

That only distracts us from the true underlying causes of the male violence epidemic — In a recent mall shooting in Allen, Texas — which has been described as the second deadliest mass shooting in the US this year — a man took the lives of eight people and wounded seven more. The authorities later identified him as 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia. But it now appears…

On the downfall of Elizabeth Holmes and the interplay of gender, power and villainy — I’ve never heard anyone say that one male president being found guilty of sexual assault — as Donald Trump recently has — means we should write off all future male presidential candidates as ill-suited for the role. Or that one male CEO scamming people is giving all men a bad…

The damage is already done — and the ‘beauty tax’ is likely the highest it’s ever been — Until recently, I wasn’t even aware that Kardashians continued the Keeping Up with the Kardashians thing. It turns out they did. Just under a different name — The Kardashians. And in the trailer for its upcoming season, the youngest sibling, Kylie Jenner, made quite a surprising statement. ‘All of us…

And that’s costing us a measly £250 million — Coronation weekend is finally upon us. And in just over a day, King Charles III will finally get to ride in a golden chariot to Westminster Abbey, where he will be decked out in thousands of jewels and become king of the UK and 14 other countries. Well, technically, he’s…

But it’s about time women stopped allowing men’s weaponised incompetence to screw them over — If I had a ‘conservative man admits to not knowing how to do a basic household chore’ on my 2023 Bingo card, I’d have marked it off months ago. For some reason, they really enjoy boasting about their incompetence to the whole world. Over and over again. Most recently, the…