Walk for women

by Lucy

Hello Bea, I’d like to share an idea with you. One hundred years ago thousands of women walked from all across Britain, starting from as far away as Lands End and Newcastle, converging… Read More →

Bored

by Writer In A Wheelchair

I’m bored. I’m bored of being seen only as the one in the wheelchair. I’m bored of my disability being all people remember about me I’m bored of being defined by my CP.… Read More →

Marriage For All – Free For All

by jchevais

Yesterday, my 3 year old daughter slipped me the tongue: she French-kissed me. It was, of course, completely innocent.  We were sitting on the couch, she on my lap with our stomachs facing,… Read More →

Running into the smoke

by liveotherwise

There are so many different things that I could say about the tragedy yesterday in Boston. I could comment about how odd it is that we (the social media and mainstream media we)… Read More →

Bit Of An Oprah Moment

by Lucy

Last year I started a campaign appealing to the editor of The Sun to please stop showing the Page 3 pictures. It’s been a bit of a roller coaster since then, I’ve spent… Read More →

£3750.

by liveotherwise

If you’re in the UK this week, it would be hard to miss the fact that Margaret Thatcher died this week. I’m not going to get into writing about her politics – there… Read More →

Holding Back The Years?

by annemarieflan

“Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.” Betty Friedan (1921-2006) I’ve been thinking a lot about age recently. I guess that’s what happens when you get close to… Read More →

Is there a right diet for you?

by caro unlimited

Before I say anything else, I’d like to make it clear that I’m not talking about weight loss diets. There are a great many things in this world that make me extremely irritable… Read More →

Nothing to say, by Jax Blunt

by Keris

If you follow me on social media or read any of my many blogs, you’ll know that it’s rare I’m quiet for very long. So why was this (first and hopefully not last)… Read More →

ESA and Me

by Writer In A Wheelchair

On Wednesday I went to the doctors and as I was leaving there I missed a call on my mobile. When I listened to the voicemail I was concerned to hear “Hi I’m… Read More →