It is the World Cup, 2014. Tonight England played Italy and (spoiler alert) they lost. According to research published by Lancaster University this week, that means that incidents of domestic violence will increase by nearly 40% this evening, and 11% tomorrow. Women's Aid Northern Ireland highlights "This doesn’t mean that football causes domestic violence –... Continue Reading →
Talking sex…
"Watching porn is a good way to learn new tricks and stuff. Its educational." (16 year old girl from London) DH and I are running a Romance Academy course for our church youth group, and the youth group of another church from south London. Not all of the young people are Christians, and the course is... Continue Reading →
Women of valour!
Ladies coffee mornings, women's Bible studies and books with pink flowery lettering 'devotions for women' on them have always made me feel a bit uncomfortable. Often these could be incredibly gender-stereptyped cringey-type things and so discomfort was probably justified, but I didn't get the significance of women-only stuff. In the past I also would have... Continue Reading →
Tuesday Tune – We’ve only just begun
- The Carpenters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__VQX2Xn7tI DH and I had a fantastically quiet New Year's Eve last night. I usually hate New Year's Eve, and more specifically the run up to it, as people get increasingly anxious about the coolness of their plans for what has to be The Biggest Night Of The Year and don't want... Continue Reading →
Loving the skin I’m in
Although I feel like I don’t have any massive hang-ups about my body, I generally like the way I look, I was reading this Guardian article yesterday, “Uncomfortable in our skin” and realised that while I certainly don’t hate how I look or feel about myself, I really identified with much of what Eva Wiseman was saying.... Continue Reading →
stumbling hopefully in the right direction 