Two years ago, I wrote a piece for our blog about bravery, and how I wasn't sure if I possessed it anymore. It remains one of my favourite pieces I have written - to write candidly and honestly about inner struggle, was, I now realise, actually quite brave. I couldn't tell you what had shifted … Continue reading Withstanding
At the moment, good news seems few and far between. So my eye was caught yesterday, on my morning scroll of the BBC News page, by this headline: After years of campaigning following Laura Coryton's 2014 petition to Stop Taxing Periods, after years of waiting following Cameron's 2016 equivocations, this should be a joyous moment: … Continue reading Vexing And Taxing: the ‘zero rate’ debate
As a familiar chill fills the air, the leaves start to turn shades of orange and red and supermarkets start to prematurely stock mince pies (seriously guys, it’s not even Halloween yet), it seems about time for an autumnal update on everything A Bloody Good Cause has been doing since our last campaign closed back … Continue reading A Bloody Good Update
When colleagues start seeing women as incompetent they think their opinions don’t matter. Just months ago, I experienced it myself. The glaring discrimination that exists in one of California’s coffee shops has been prodding me to quit my job as an assistant sales director. I have just finished presenting the quarterly evaluation of my department … Continue reading Guest Blog: “I Am Stressed out … It’s Not PMS”
It's only just begun but Campaign 11 is already shaping up to be our most exciting campaign yet! If you've read this, you'll know that we've partnered with a local charity called St. Albans and Hertsmere Women's Refuge and we're going to be collecting donations of sanitary products for them until the 27th of April. ABGC … Continue reading Club Twenty Nine x A Bloody Good Cause
Well hello March! The new month's got us excited - and not just for Pancake Day. It's International Women's Day, and what better way to celebrate than by launching our next campaign! For campaign #11, we've partnered up with St. Albans and Hertsmere Women's Refuge. What kind of work does SAHWR do and how do … Continue reading Campaign #11 – SAHWR
A defence of female-only spaces Earlier this year, I went out with a man who wasn’t very good for me. He required careful handling and a lot of ‘space’. I’d never really understood before the idea of people needing ‘space’, not having felt the need for much myself, other than the occasional solo stroll or … Continue reading A Space of One’s Own
