What Loose Women Is Missing

I’m all for powerful women. Women with opinions, career women, ballsy women and, above all, women supporting each other which should make me a fan of the ITV lunchtime chat show Loose Women but something about the topical programme just doesn’t do it for me.

For the average mum or middle aged (or older) woman, Loose Women will most likely fit the majority of their opinions and topics of interest but as there are no panellists representing students or even women under 30 years of age (the youngest panellist being 34-year-old Jamelia), there is a certain generation gap, almost like a time lapse in opinion as some of the panellists views are still slightly out of date with modern ideas. In today’s episode (May 28), breast vs. bottle-feeding was the topic of discussion among the loose ladies. Following the publication of a report detailing that around 40% of women who bottle-fed their children said they received verbal abuse that made them feel guilty and ashamed for not breastfeeding, most of the panel including Judy Finnigan, Jane Moore and Andrea Mclean supported a woman’s right to choose and condemned these new so-called “pressure groups” who verbally abuse women who bottle-feed. But Nadia Sawalha took a slightly different stance.

“Blame the Predator, Not the Victim” article published on CultNoise!

My first article for CultNoise is now live! In light of the sexist and offensive comments made by a judge in relation to the tragic death of student Karen Buckley, I decided to write a piece on victim blaming. You can read it here!!!