In her shoes: my husband is gay
There’s nothing wrong with being gay. But entering into a “straight” relationship when you know, or are suppressing your suspicion that you’re gay, to my mind is wrong. Here’s my story: what would you have done in my shoes? I married very early the first time. I was 21 years old with no experience of [...]
Will sex ever be respected?
I now realise just how insidious the negative beliefs are in our culture. They are on the most part unconscious. We just don’t think about what we are saying. Take this Skype chat I had with a friend the other week. Image via Wikipedia Me: Are you still fannying around with that proposal they sent [...]
When has Monitoring gone too far?
When I first started at work it was a case of ring the company for an interview, no CV required, up for an interview looking smart and then, after smiling a lot, starting on Monday. Times change and so has the questions you now answer on application forms. I do understand why they ask what [...]
Jewellery – gender, culture, identity, sexuality
Do you recall your father wearing an earring, or a long blingy chain with a huge cross? Or a big skull-ring alongside a huge diamante ring – plus one on the small finger just in case? Recently I went out with my family: daughters and boyfriends to celebrate my eldest daughter, Sarah’s, 25th birthday. Wow, [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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