Blog posts by Lynne Miles: 2007
A small thing made me cross today
By Lynne Miles | 18 December 2007, 15:49
So here is what has made me cross today. It’s a little thing that I happened to read. It wasn’t because I thought it might make good blog fodder but, lo, I am ranting. There’s an article on BBC online…
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Abby Lee – Blogger, Author, Sexual Health Ambassador
By Lynne Miles | 11 December 2007, 11:22
‘Abby Lee’, the Girl With A One Track Mind, has agreed to get on board (ho ho!) with Brooks sexual health clinics to be a sexual health ambassador. If you don’t already know ‘Abby’ (real name Zoe Margolis) from her…
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Rebecca Gomperts in The Guardian
By Lynne Miles | 14 November 2007, 22:30
There’s a fascinating interview in The Guardian’s Women’s pages today with Rebecca Gomperts. The name may not be familiar, but you may well have heard of her ship – Rebecca is the doctor responsible for the Dutch ship Women…
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HPV vaccination programme given go ahead
By Lynne Miles | 9 November 2007, 11:19
Minsters have given the go-ahead for a nationwide programme of vaccination against the HPV virus (a sexually transmitted disease which can cause cervical cancer). The vaccinations will be administered to 12 year old girls at a cost of £100m per…
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Commons committee validates pro-choice position
By Lynne Miles | 1 November 2007, 14:36
Well the Commons Science and Technology Committee has published its report following its inquiry into scientific developments relevant to the time limit for abortion. You’ve probably noticed that we’ve been all over this one (I describe the purpose of the…
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In praise of the pill
By Lynne Miles | 18 October 2007, 15:35
This is just a quick follow-on from Abby’s piece yesterday on the new ‘genetic contraceptive’ pill which may become available in the future. I disagree that this is an instance of (are they necessarily male?) scientists medicalising women’s bodies…
The true cost of being fat?
By Lynne Miles | 16 October 2007, 12:50
For better or worse, I’m an occasional participant in WeightWatchers. Sometimes I’m okay with that, sometimes it makes me feel a bit dirty. There’s a whole other blog post or perhaps an article about the trying-to-lose-weight-in-a-feminist-manner issue. But anyway, let’s…
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Feminists are better in bed
By Lynne Miles | 16 October 2007, 11:56
Of course we knew that already. But an article has just been published in the most recent issue of the academic journal ‘Sex Roles’ which has studied the impact of feminism in relationships and the extent to which sexual stereotypes…
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Impartiality of abortion enquiry witnesses called into question
By Lynne Miles | 15 October 2007, 18:45
There’s an important committee sitting today. The Parliamentary Select Committee on Science and Technology is beginning an enquiry into developments in science and evidence related to abortion since the passing of the 1967 Abortion Act (the act which is 40…
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New, Feminist Translation of Qur’an
By Lynne Miles | 7 August 2007, 11:26
Laleh Bakhtiar, a Muslim feminist Iranian-American is soon to publish a new English translation of the Qur’an. The new version was conceived at a gathering of Muslim feminists in New York last year, which decided to create the world’s…
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42nd Carnival of Feminists
By Lynne Miles | 3 August 2007, 10:59
The 42nd Carnival of Feminists is up at Uncool and has a whole host of brilliant posts. These are two of my personal favourites: Jill at Feministe picks up on the question ‘how much time should she do’? That is,…
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More tits!
By Lynne Miles | 1 August 2007, 12:18
Apparently we’re *still* talking about women’s tits insead of their politics. Thanks, guys. Not at all insulting ……
Civil Partnerships for all!
By Lynne Miles | 31 July 2007, 18:11
The papers are reporting today on new proposals from the Law Commission that unmarried couples living together should be given the right to make legal claims to property and pensions after separation. There are problems with the system as it…
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Maternity – Britain’s Best Employers
By Lynne Miles | 30 July 2007, 14:46
The Guardian has published results of its survey of 250 of the country’s leading employers and their provision for parental leave. They believe that it is the first survey of its kind. Parental leave is something of a black spot,…
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Well I never
By Lynne Miles | 26 July 2007, 11:11
Seems like I was wrong. Sometimes even the Daily Mail can pleasantly surprise you….
Guides set out new priorities
By Lynne Miles | 25 July 2007, 10:37
To make sure they stay relevant in today’s modern world, the Guides have polled their members to find out what it is that kids today really want to learn about. And I have to say that young women today sound…
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The Gender Agenda
By Lynne Miles | 24 July 2007, 13:17
The Equal Opportunities Commission has today published a report saying that equality between the sexes is ‘generations away’. ‘The Gender Agenda’ highlights a series of key gaps in equality, and estimates the length of time until they are redressed, according…
… more things not to do with breasts
By Lynne Miles | 24 July 2007, 10:17
#3 – breastfeed Following my last post about the woman berated by the bus driver for putting her breasts in his eyeline, Anj Green has emailed to point out that #3 on the list ought certainly to be breastfeeding:…
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Harman sets out priorities for women
By Lynne Miles | 18 July 2007, 14:45
Harriet Harman speaking in the House of Commons yesterday set out the priorities that she and Barbara Follet (they are the Ministers for Women) have agreed (you can read the transcript here). These are divided into three strands: helping families…
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Things not to do if you have breasts #2
By Lynne Miles | 17 July 2007, 16:43
A German bus driver recently threatened to throw a woman off his bus if she didn’t move out of his eyeline, because her breasts were distracting him. The bus driver in question shouted down the bus at the unfortunate women,…
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Sun Woman says “Stop Rape Now”
By Lynne Miles | 5 July 2007, 15:59
The Sun Woman has launched a ‘Stop Rape Now’ campaign, calling for better funding for rape crisis centres, more specially trained police officers and CPS barristers, a dedicated 24-hour telephone helpline for victims and an increase in the number of…
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New Home Secretary’s cleavage outbills her performance
By Lynne Miles | 4 July 2007, 15:01
Less than a week into the job, and the UK’s first female Home Secretary is drawing rather more attention for her cleavage than her – calm, confident and professional – manner in dealing with the recent spate of terror attacks….
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One step closer to a cervical cancer vaccine
By Lynne Miles | 20 June 2007, 17:17
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has recommended that adolescent girls should receive a vaccination against HPV, the virus which causes cervical cancer. The recommendation is in principle only, and will be subject to further cost benefit analysis….
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Just a quick one …
By Lynne Miles | 14 May 2007, 19:28
For a really excellent medically-based point of view about why the American debate on partial birth abortion is a nonsense, see Good Enough Mum: This is not about being for or against abortion. It is not about saving fetuses, because…
At least she’s decorative
By Lynne Miles | 4 May 2007, 17:54
It’s irritating how, when women strive for public office there seems to be as much attention paid to their hairstyles, outfits and shoes as there is to their policies and, you know, things that matter. The sort of things they…
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A mixed bag at Times Online
By Lynne Miles | 30 April 2007, 16:54
Scanning the Times Online over lunch I found myself groaning and cheering in turns. It’s a mixed old bag today. Firstly a report on nursery school uptake which simply cannot get over it’s glee at apparently obvious fact that the…
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