Curly and girly: What it takes to become a female travel writer
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Curly and girly: What it takes to become a female travel writer

Last week I found myself in London’s Victoria Station with half an hour to kill before my train arrived. I wandered into WHSmith to browse the books – and gravitated towards the travel literature section. Five shelves lured me in with their titles: To the Ends of the Earth, Long Way Down, Walking the Americas. But the … Continue reading

Why we march: Confessions of a feminist who thought she’d never experienced sexism
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Why we march: Confessions of a feminist who thought she’d never experienced sexism

This is why the Women’s March is so important. As I’ve now realised, even confident, empowered women can normalise the misogyny, disrespect, assault, and frankly disgusting behaviour that is towards us – and it seems that we may be moving backwards not forwards in that respect. Continue reading