Adventures Of A Riot Grrrl

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We all know who Tess is right? For those who don't she is a kick ass international plus size model and body positivity advocate. Up to speed? Awesome lets move on...


Today I come to you in video form so grab a cuppa and kick back.


The  last thing to remember about role models is the…

I have always admired Lady Gaga's flamboyancy and would even go as far as to call her work artistic. She genuinely has a lot of talent. Even I can't resist singing along to her tunes when I hear them. I have always admired that she is outrageous in a mainstream world and seen her as being …

Yesterday everywhere I turned it seemed netmums was on the TV or radio. Usually as I am not a parent this isn't something that would interest me but the subject they were plugging is something that isn't just about parents. 'Pop Not Porn' the representation of women in music.

I curr…

After writing about the strong female icons of cartoons that inspired me a few posts ago it got my mind ticking about women in general that I have been influenced by or really admire. There are so many I decided to make this into an A to Z regular post until we get to Z. I am going to do this by fi…

What happened to the siren icons I grew up with? No really, sometimes I think about the cartoons I grew up watching and they taught me that women could be strong, independent, crime fighting, creative role models just as good as, if not better than the men in cartoons.



While I loved Transformers an…

Remember when you were a teenager and your mother told you that you were just going through a phase? Much to my mothers distress I never did grow out of this 'phase' but really how bad a thing is that? From a young age I looked up to strong women who were not scared to say what was on thei…