Sitemap - 2025 - WHAT ABOUT WOMEN

The protection racket of the Queer Birth Club

Diary Dates

Pub day, Harper Collins Summer Party, Times and ipaper, Amazon glitches, Waterstones stack, good times

Interview in The Times

No Paywall: Jeanie Johnston, the Chocktaw Nation, Dublin Pride, free worlds, Unprocess, a new frock

Exciting announcment!

In praise of Martine's eyeroll

Press coverage, the hardback, the book launch, birth and sex, abortion law, female conformity

When should we conform, and when should we be 'difficult'?

Book Launch Live Stream

Revealing my new book!

An invite to my Book Launch...

What Mothers Do, microbiomes, the oestrobolome, anxiety, PTSD, being the witch

Food affects my vagina? Wait what?!

Mothering may look like nothing, but it's everything

Scything, eating for menopause, following the money, fear of going live, UPW reviews, manipulative machines

"Ultra Processed Food" - a confusing category?

How every woman could have a better menopause

WHAT ABOUT SUBSTACK: a one day workshop

Substacking, microplastics, Big Oil tactics, MoMa, the art of the empty schedule, two birthdays

Zoom link: Writing for Change May 2025

Telling on bullies, JKRWF, being interviewed, lesbian erasure, the Tristrams, Splat the Rat

The Word is Woman #70

Welcome to WHAT ABOUT WOMEN

Audiobooks, summery pop, book launches, Helen Joyce, it's not all about toilets, Dylan's art

The Word is Woman #69

Why did I write a book about ultra processed food?

Pubstack, clown/fish, Pamela, being photographed, Mara and Sharron, Chattanooga Choo Choo

The inner voice of women's self-loathing

Send in the clownfish

Saving women's sports, F.A's sexist history, Lily Parr, name change, book launch news, a special bookshop

The Word is Woman #68

Group Notes (and some fabulous writing!): Writing for Change April 2025

Farewell Mule - and welcome to WHAT ABOUT WOMEN

Biological reality, tantrums, EHRC interim guidance, Conclave, Bechdel test, bog dog.

The inaugural Hodge Awards!

Woman's Hour asks: but what about men?

Zoom meeting tomorrow night

The word is WOMAN, and women matter.

"We were always right, and we knew it"

Uteri, FWS judgement, my new (AI) man, men droning on, creative space, birdsong

The Word is Woman #67

Helen Joyce at the Oxford Literary Festival

The Word is Woman #66

Group Notes (and book cover reveal!): Writing for Change March 2025

UPW proofs, bullying, compassion, pitching, a new idea, put your feet up mum

The online bullying continues...

Zoom link: Writing for Change March 2025

Sullivan review, Aldi, breaking up with smartphones, how we spend our days, microfiction, LibGen

The Word is Woman #65

Hey Aldi, women can't be duped.

Free man in Prague, Kafka, Berta Fanta, not apologising, paywalls, Hejira

The Word is Woman #64

Group Notes: Writing for Change February 2025

A life less apologetic

Brothel worlds, Brit awards, consciousness after death, not having a pension, an income from substack, Rodit Jako Feministka

The Word is Woman #63

Zoom Link: Writing for Change February 2025

Women's prizes, self-publishing, Adichie, huskies, #notourcrimes, withies

The Word is Woman #62

Chimamanda and refusing to talk about gender

Upton, Sweden, orgasmic birth, suspicious things, Stephen King, daughters

The Word is Woman #61

Dr Beth Upton: entitled male? Yes. Victim of a cult? Also yes.

Escaping into fiction, pronouns, Prague, accolades, Unkind, Claire Keegan

The Word is Woman #60

Book news, abortion storytellers, human mirrors, Ipso, Kaitlyn Braun, FFS

Group Notes: Writing for Change January 2025

The Word is Woman #59

Zoom Link: Writing for Change January 2025

50% off subs, 50 year old faces, cake or death, women's justice, misgendered murderers, did I mention I'm 50?!

The Word is Woman #58

Tweaking the truth about our aging faces

good girls no more, book stuff, an unconscious man, aging faces, Dylan, Cash.

The Word is Woman #57

Timeline of a non-fiction book

book progress, leaving X, being a HSP, Butter, coaching, fish stew

The Word is Woman #56

What to expect from me in 2025

The Word is Woman #55