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Wednesday 8th March, 2023 I grew up in the small northern mill town of Radcliffe and went to school in the neighbouring town; Bury. These places are the proud homes of Danny Boyle, Elbow and Sir Robert Peel. Whilst I had little to no interest in local history I couldn’t help but know about Robert …
2nd March 2021 I have a bit of a confession to make.There’s this thing I do around men.I know I do it, I try not to, but it’s just become ingrained.I play dumb.I mean, I can be a bit ditzy from time to time, but I know I play it up around men, I act …
Monday 6th March, 2023 If there’s anyone who has the right to insist on their own way it’s God.God- goodness personified, the creator of all that ever was.God, as described in the Old Testament as awesomely terrifying in their magnificence, the only one who can wield ultimate power and authority. God who created this amazing …
18th February, 2021 If you’ve experienced abuse you know that it’s not limited to violence or to single incidents but follows a pattern of coercion and control. When I was with my abuser, I experienced abuse under all the following headings. When I worked with other women who had been abused these categories were familiar …
Monday 20th February, 2023 When the guy I was just starting a new relationship with threatened to break the legs of another guy who had been flirting with me it should have been a big red flag.Instead, I thought it was romantic. I fell in love, we got married and…. Well you know the rest. …
Tuesday 14th February 2023 When I first found myself single after 13 years of marriage I hated Valentine’s Day. It felt like salt in the wounds, whilst all those loved up folks filled their social media pages with sickening mush I was left contemplating loneliness, solitude and whether I was loveable. But, the fuss around …
Thursday 22nd December 2019 I am not a piece of used sellotape that’s lost it’s stickiness (1)I am not a dirty piece of chocolate that’s been passed from hand to hand, that nobody wants to eat. (2)I am not an old, worn out toothbrush.(3)I am not a lump of chewed gum (3)I am not a …
10th December 2022 The last day of the 16 Days of Activism falls on Human Rights Day. Handy really because Women’s Rights are Human Rights.I want to issue that invitation to men again, to come alongside us and purposefully and intentionally work with us to end the epidemic of violence against women. I’m not going …
9th December 2022 If the cause of Domestic Abuse lies in broken masculinity and broken femininity as a result of Adam and Eve’s sin then the answer to Domestic Abuse must surely lie in Jesus, after all he came to restore and heal and put all that stuff right. Sadly, I believe a lot of …
8th December 2022 There’s always some feminist in the news moaning about something isn’t there?Boy clothes having slogans like “little mischief maker” on whilst girls say “little princess” or some comedian making a sexist joke. It seems we’re not even allowed to like a good old fashioned Les Dawson Mother-in-law joke these days eh? But …