Some taboos have deeper taboos hiding inside them. And some tampons are far more embarassing than other tampons. Writing my piss and tell memoir PMSL taught me a lot about taboo and how it impacts on our relationships with other people and ourselves. This device, that you could hide in your hand, was one of […]
Can the COVID crisis and its lockdown legacy of personal waste left in parks, and dirty knickers littering beaches, at least do one good thing and highlight the need for proper sanitation policy and easily accessible public toilets for all… I see her as soon as we walk into the park. I can tell from […]
Last week’s episode of Call The Midwife caused a Twitter storm before it had even started. The continuity announcer introduced it as gentle nostalgia. The sort of adjectives suggesting a quaint, mild, uncontroversial, quiet show. I wonder why, I think, snarling and growing another skein, why does the announcer emphasise the idea this show is […]