Many of her visiting trade were SS veterans and through them she was introduced to a charitable organisation called Silent Help that had been formed in November 1951 to "help all those who, as a consequence of wartime and post-war conditions, have forfeited their liberty". … [Read more...] about Sex, cyanide and Nazi wives: The Hitler-worshipping women who married monsters
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Bingo brawl: Two women trade blows with an umbrella and handbag during bizarre fight outside an RSL club
Filmed outside Southport RSL on the Gold Coast, a middle-aged woman in a white shirt can be seen running towards another lady in green before striking her viciously from behind. … [Read more...] about Bingo brawl: Two women trade blows with an umbrella and handbag during bizarre fight outside an RSL club
It’s not just beards! Men can also have their EYEBROWS groomed but women still can’t – as beauty salons are banned from offering facial treatments
Professor Robert Dingwall, a sociologist who advises the Government’s Sage committee, has suggested masks are a stunt, adding: ‘Masks are something the Government can do which is cheap, which is symbolic but which is probably not particularly effective.’ … [Read more...] about It’s not just beards! Men can also have their EYEBROWS groomed but women still can’t – as beauty salons are banned from offering facial treatments
‘They just got away with paying men more …’ Milestone looms in Asda equal pay fight
“Our hourly rates of pay in stores are the same for female and male colleagues, and this is equally true in our depots. Pay rates in stores differ from pay rates in distribution centres because the demands of the jobs in stores and the jobs in the distribution centre are very different; they operate in different market sectors and we pay the market rate in those sectors regardless of gender.” … [Read more...] about ‘They just got away with paying men more …’ Milestone looms in Asda equal pay fight
‘We went to therapy to save our friendship’
They would talk through the anecdotes that might illustrate the points they wanted to make, about support, compromise, interracial friendships, how to cope with and help when a friend is ill, how to make a friendship last and thrive. They often found that their memories of certain situations were different, and would go back and check what they call “the email receipts” to see what had actually happened. “Sometimes the things were really low stakes, but other times the things were like, ‘Oh no, this is part of a huge misunderstanding that we’ve had about each other.’ There’s a part of me that wishes I could do this in all of my relationships. Get the receipts out and have a forensic examination of what the thing is,” Sow explains. … [Read more...] about ‘We went to therapy to save our friendship’
