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Bisexuality: Myths and lazy journalism
Yesterday I had the misfortune of reading Daniel Warner’s dreadful piece for the Huffington Post, entitled Bisexuality: Is It Fun, Non Committal or Just Plain Greedy? It contains so many bisexual myths...
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Gender: Why do you need to know?
Why do you need to know someone’s gender? What the fuck difference does it make? Most of the time, it makes no difference whatsoever. It is possible to talk to someone and interact with them on a...
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Join my birthday celebrations!
Today is my birthday. However, due to a general lack of enthusiasm at this time of year*, I rarely celebrate on the day itself and have even written about the perils of an early January birthday...
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How to be a trans ally
If you’ve been anywhere near the internet this week, you’ll have noticed that journalist Suzanne Moore flounced off Twitter after making an ass of herself by not apologising for something. We all say...
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Customer Service: A lesson from Foyles
Telling companies they’re doin’ it wrong often feels like a pointless exercise. How many times have you seen something in a shop or on a company’s website that makes you seethe with rage? These days...
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Voting begins for RWL Awards!
Nominations for the first ever Rarely Wears Lipstick awards closed yesterday and I’ve counted up all your suggestions to come up with eight shortlists for voting. You’ve nominated some amazing people,...
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RWL Awards: The Winners!
Last night was the first, and perhaps only, Rarely Wears Lipstick Awards Ceremony. When I had the idea last year to create my own awards bash, I really didn’t think it through but – with the help of my...
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Rarely Wears Lipstick Awards 2013
Back in January, I announced that I would be celebrating my blog’s birthday rather than my own this year, and planned to do it by giving out some awards. Ten years of blogging deserves an awards...
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QUILTBAG: Labels, acronyms and explanations
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but the LGBT acronym keeps getting more letters added to it. This is great when you want to include more people, but not so great for those of us who are a bit...
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Abuse, discrimination and solidarity
Have you ever been yelled at in the street or discriminated against because of your gender? Laura Bates has, and she set up the Everyday Sexism Project in 2012 to document women’s routine experiences...
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All About Trans
When you have never met a person who belongs to a particular group, it can be difficult to see theings from their point of view. When you’ve not chatted to someone who is different to you in a certain...
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Irreverent Dance ‘do’ Pride
Back in May, I received an email from the diversity officer at work about what we could do to celebrate this year’s Pride Festival. I clicked the link and browsed the events on offer, but one thing...
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Introducing… Rubyyy Jones’ new sex column!
Hello there! Lovelyyy to meet you, my name is Rubyyy Jones and I’m going to be your non-expert, sex expert here on Rarely Wears Lipstick. I’m planning on covering a range of topics about sex, sexuality...
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Ditch the Label
Ever had someone assume something about you because of the way you look or dress? Do others sometimes use the colour of your skin, your gender, sexuality or hobbies to pigeon hole you… or worse? If...
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Win tickets to the Irreverent Dance Showcase!
Last July, I wrote about how my first adventures with Irreverent Dance (then in its infancy) resulted in me learning more ballet than I thought I could in 8 classes. This summer, I told you about how a...
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Sexuality, coming out and labels
Yesterday, Olympic medal-winning diver Tom Daley told the world (via YouTube) that he is happily dating a man. I first read about this on the BBC news website and straight away pounced on the fact...
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Is Monogamy Dead?
Monogamy. A great topic for a stand-up comedy show, don’t you think? Rosie Wilby certainly thinks so, as that’s what prompted her to create “Is Monogamy Dead?”, a show about relationships, sex and...
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Feminism Friday: Wowzers!
Saturday 8th March is International Women’s Day, so what better time to celebrate the achievements, creativity and talents of women and girls around the globe? Well, that’s exactly what Wowzers...
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Women, sexuality and the music industry
Last year, I was asked to write a series of articles on sexuality and female musicians. It never happened in the end, and so I saved my first piece and promptly forgot all about it. However, I was...
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Rubyyy Jones: Balance
Hello Darlings! Hope this blog post finds you enjoying your deep and delicious summer. We’ve been so blessed with such joyful sunshine this season while tumult spells summer for many around the world....
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