Freedom from or Freedom to... Margaret Atwood in Nottingham in September

Beach body or bass?

A couple of articles about the advertising campaign that many women found oppressive in relation to pressure to have a "beach ready" body and their response to it. This is a repost due to tehcnical problems with the original post

Beach Body Ready Ad Protest

Blogger's battle with beach body ad

And Meghan Traynor, not otherwise known for political correctness, has her own musical take on the issues.

Why not celebrate someone like us...

A piece by Anna Einarsdottir from The Conversation written for last International Women's Day. We are delighted that Anna has just joined us at York so this also serves as an introduction to a new contributor to this blog.

Why not celebrate someone like you?