What Do You Really, Really Want?

Several years ago a (not very serious) boyfriend asked me a question: “What do you want?” Woooah. Big question. He meant it in reference to our relationship and where we were going, but I dismissed it lightly with a joke, like I did a lot of things in those days. Really? Who was he to turn on the pressure and turn a fun time into something serious? I didn’t realise how big this question would turn out to be.

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How to Feel Beautiful When You’re Having a Bad Hair Day

As women, we want to feel beautiful. Period. I still find this annoying. I still feel enraged by what I see as media-driven insecurity that makes women undermine their real power. Women tend to focus way too much on the value they add by being appealing to the eye. Women still feel that their worth diminishes in direct proportion to their age.