Give us a laugh, love
Find me the ‘Old News of the Week Klaxon’ – several new studies report that women are more likely to fall in love with a man who makes them laugh. But that it doesn’t work the other way around. Please, not this again. The University of Kansas has found that the blokes with the jokes […]
Such a mug
When you drink a lot of coffee on a daily basis, this has the added side effect of considerable mug ownership. In my kitchen cupboard, the huddle of mugs is reaching the point of overflow. There are teeny espresso mugs with cute coffee jokes on them, a rainbow stack of small triangular mugs, wide and […]
Pure & Weary: funny or beautiful?
I sometimes wonder how many times we’ll have to debunk the opinion that you can’t be both pretty and funny. Pure & Weary, a female comedy duo from Chicago that we rather love, have just released a YouTube video sending up this whole situation. A panel of men judge waiting women on whether they are […]
Dropped pants, dropped jaw
Ladies. I have just had a very disconcerting experience that I need to talk to someone about. Please bear with me. Here I am, busily working away at my desk. I’m a freelance copywriter, so I work from home. It’s a reasonably nice day, and there’s fresh coffee steaming on the table next to me. […]
#FeministFest
Let’s get one thing out of the way. We shouldn’t be in a position where we have to section off and commandeer part of the Edinburgh Fringe as specifically ‘feminist’. This is 2015, for chrissakes. Anyway. Women’s groups in Scotland (YWCA Scotland and Endgender) are launching a project with the hashtag #FeministFest during the Fringe. […]
Judd Apatow championing funny women
Well, I suppose you’d expect him to. After all, he has just directed the movie Trainwreck with the very funny Amy Schumer. And his previous film credits include Bridesmaids, which many people see as a turning point for movies led by a strong female cast. Judd’s gone on record as saying “thank god” we have […]
