Thursday 3 December 2009

Long Live Life

New research from the Institute of Healthy Ageing at University College London, suggests that eating a low protein vegetarian diet could extend human life-span.

The research is built on earlier findings that showed a diet just above malnutrition levels can extend life by as much as 25 years. This new research finds a reduction in meat and fish protein is the important factor not the level of calories.

at eighty-five
Dad still carves the joint
winter vegetables

Monday 30 November 2009

Pinkstinks

Pinkstinks is a campaign set up in the UK against the marketing of pink toys to girls.The founder of the campaign Emma Moore believes that the rows and rows of pink toys, clothes and other items aimed at girls encourage an obsession with body image and lead to the unequal pay and lower status that women in general have compared to men.

Pinkstinks is encouraging customers to boycott the Early Learning Centre chain of toy shops as they feel that they are hypocritical in claiming that their toys help children explore boundaries of imagination and creativity whilst heavily marketing stereotypical pink toys for girls.

Boxing Day
Ken turns Barbie
fifty shades of blue


Womens Aid

Sunday 29 November 2009

The Hall of Mirrors

What do you do when you finally locate your long lost dad and find he's a woman? Well that's just what happened to Emily Wallis and she couldn't be happier.

Although shocked to discover her father is called Chloe, wears high heeled shoes, tight dresses and is living in Margate she totally accepts her for the glamorous woman she now is. She wants to be by Chloe's side when she has her full sex-change and for her to be by her side to give her away when she gets married.

In truth it was perhaps harder for Chloe to meet Emily than for Emily to meet Chloe after years of struggling with her sexuality living as a man whilst always knowing that she was at heart a woman. Like so many in this predicament it led to despair, shame and in Chloe's case self mutilation as she attempted to push her despised male genitals back up inside her body.

So what to do when you find your lost dad or best friend or husband's a lady? Well maybe taking a leaf out Emily's book and support and accept them for who they really are might be a good place to start.

the difference
between ice and water
a hall of mirrors