“It actually felt more liberating the more I used it.” Recently, there was outrage when ads for gyneacologist Dr Jen Gunter’s book The Vagina Bible were removed by Twitter for containing “inappropriate content” – namely the word vagina. Twitter is not alone in being uncomfortable with the word, many of us were taught to use euphemisms […]
6 years ago
There’s a dozen reasons why we’re likely to feel constipated. And it ain’t pleasant. It can leave you feeling heavy, bloated and bent over with cramps. Thankfully most cases are due to something temporary, like diet or medication, but now it seems there’s another cause that only affects women. A rectocele is a bulging of […]
9 years ago
Only 8 % of women report rape or sexual assault to the Gardai.
10 years ago
I wrote a little while back that I was scared of getting raped or attacked on a general basis so much so that I tend to walk home with my keys in my hand. Today has given me another reason to grip those keys even tighter. It seems that even if a man admits to […]
10 years ago
Tributes have flooded in for the family of a “bubbly, positive and cheerful” 22-year-old who died from an aggressive form of cancer. Demi Wright was admitted to a maternity ward when an undiscovered tumor began emitting hormones, leading medics to believe the mass was a pregnancy. Sadly Demi was actually suffering from terminal adenocarcinoma, which […]
10 years ago
Judge Maria del Carmen Molina Mansilla, in the Basque Country in Spain, is the subject of a campaign for investigation following “offensive questioning” of a rape victim. The Clara Campoamor Association, a feminist group supporting victims of gender crime, is demanding a full investigation into the female magistrate. The comments were allegedly made when a […]
10 years ago