A Reluctant Defence of Hillary Rodham Clinton

A Reluctant Defence of Hillary Rodham Clinton

There are a lot of things to be critical of Hillary Clinton. I cannot stand her foreign policy, Benghazi was messy (although not entirely her fault; that attack came after 20+ years of complex foreign relations), and the email scandal was a thing that happened. That...
On Transatlanticism

On Transatlanticism

From the end of June into early July, Lawrence and Q came to stay with me in Washington, D.C. For two blissful weeks, we drank gorgeous Virginia wines, traipsed around Washington’s best galleries, and immersed ourselves in feminist diatribes. For only a blink,...
De-sexualising Female Nudity in Reykjavik

De-sexualising Female Nudity in Reykjavik

 On my recent trip to Iceland’s capital city I was unexpectedly confronted with a room full of naked females. No, I was not in a strip club and I hadn’t walked into the wrong place by accident. This was in the shower and locker room at Nauthólsvík, a geothermal...
On Female Vulnerability

On Female Vulnerability

A good portion of our #boshemiababesreunion was spent drinking wine while watching overly romantic movies and swooning (I’ve realised we’ve driven straight into a whole bunch of female stereotypes but hey, most of our conversations passed the Bechdel test, it’s fine)....