The Hand Mirror

Clothes shopping used to be something I was crap at.  Looking, fine, but actually trying stuff on and making a decision?  Not so good.  The ...

a school that forces kids to wear roman sandals is a school that hates children. seriously? these are the ugliest and most uncomfortable f...

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i'm going to reproduce this piece by kamayani sharma, which a facebook friend directed me to. i think it raises an interesting perspect...

This recent post prompted a discussion about a proposed law change which would affect those who wear the niqab and burqa in France: The dr...

from a country where the state dictates how women can dress, we have progress of sorts in terms of women's access to education: ...King...

Several people have drawn my attention to this stunner in various media today, here's a snippet from Stuff : A senior Iranian cleric say...

and yet again, someone thinks they can tell women how they should dress: Egypt's Al-Azhar University, the most prestigious centre of re...

aka Feminism and Misogyny are not opposites that cancel each other out. Here's a t-shirt for all the Anti-Feminazi crew out there: Eh, ...

well it turns out that " neuroses " can be very effective sometimes. remember the "cotton on" kids clothing range that p...

a judge decides that he won't allow a woman into the public gallery of a hastings courtroom , for the terrible crime of wearing a headsc...

WTF?, I said to myself as I read this Stuff article, Too much beauty may mean too few sales ? According to a PhD student in Australia (assu...

I actually quite like fashion - but on other people. Personally, I can't be arsed with it. I feel vague envy of the tastefully, expens...

Thanks to a bung neck, I've spent today at home, and I happened to see a bit of kids' TV. At 4.30, whatever programme was on announ...

May is the month to donate your old bras to Bras for Africa: Breastmates , in conjunction with HOTmilk, is proud to be involved with the Kn...

The junior dance dress code at Palmerston North Girls' High has provoked an article in the Manawatu Standard : Young ladies who dare to ...

It's stuff like this that makes me wish I lived in Wellington. Sigh. With a holiday weekend ahead of us, [ oops, my bad, behind us now,...

And so the day has finally come. The news we have all been waiting for. Even in the midst of a global financial crisis of epic proportions...

The Weekend Herald does it again . Must be a slow news month or something. New Zealanders appear to be more liberal than the Caribbeans wh...

Anjum has written an opinion piece for the Sydney Daily Telegraph (go Anjum!), which is now on-line: Women like me embrace hijabs . She has...