Fair play to Angelina Jolie. She has divulged the news that she decided to have a double mastectomy in order to protect herself (and her family) from the estimated 87% risk of her developing breast cancer due to a faulty gene. Of course, she could probably have kept this quiet, but says she has gone […]
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Occasionally, the question arises; “Is it selfish to focus on YOUR birth experience?”. What prompted my musing on this today was the following article on an American site. ***(Update 2023) Sadly the website no longer exists. But the text remains, thanks to The Wayback Machine, and it’s still relevant! It makes some good, thought provoking
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But what a shame that a photo like this appearing in magazines, unphotoshopped, is completely inconceivable these days. Marilyn looks great, but to our modern eyes, accustomed to a false representation of perfection, it’s now seems strange, even shocking, to see a tummy not perfectly toned, thighs that touch, breasts subject to gravitational forces. That’s
Hi there, You may have noticed it’s been a bit quiet over the past couple of weeks, and if you’ve visited the site, you might have noticed some problems. Well, the good news is that I’ve fixed the problems. The bad news is that in doing so I deleted all the content… Yes, I’m a
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