Tag Archives: Feminism

In praise of A Certain Age

Posted on May 10, 2020 by fortewinks

“Not too bad for an Old Bird?” my question to BB was rhetorical: I felt fabulous. Older, better? Not quite better, but different – fabulous is allowed. The necessary mindshift for women of a certain age has to be in … Continue reading →

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I am a travelling female CEO: fly me.

Posted on September 28, 2019 by fortewinks

I write from a noisy LA Airport Departures Lounge Bar; the muzak is ok, my Lady Bar Attendants funny, witty, sassy. They seem to like entertaining a female barfly; the flirtations of my lascivious male neighbour elicited polite tolerance and … Continue reading →

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Giving out the Gongs: a prize day at school.

Posted on July 4, 2015 by fortewinks

They say everything comes to those that wait. A Prize never came my way at school but then I didn’t expect it to. I was diligent only in my enjoyment of life itself; the academic benefits of attending one of … Continue reading →

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Sexual equality? Aliens would not be impressed

Posted on May 18, 2011 by fortewinks

Never one to marginalise myself on the basis of gender I’m perplexed by the number of women in their thirties and forties who comment that their lot in the world is all the harder because of their sex; equality and … Continue reading →

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