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Thought for the Day: it takes time 

June 19, 2017by gemmaruthbrown Leave a comment

Drawing inspiration from William Wilberforce, Rosa Parks and the Suffragettes, here are some thoughts on progress… Listen here. 

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Activism, Advocacy, Creativity, Fairtrade, Faith, Feminism, gender-based violence, God, Hope, Human Trafficking, Labour Exploitation, Leadership, Modern Day Slavery, Objectification, Poverty, Slavery, Theology, Violence against women

About the time I got glasses.

February 2, 2017by gemmaruthbrown Leave a comment

I got glasses last week, and then I cried. Don’t worry: there were no tears on the brightly-lit shop floor populated by sparkly frames and chatty salespeople. Can we just […]

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Activism, Advertising, Advocacy, Beauty, gender, Health, Identity, Objectification, Sexualisation

Welcome

November 25, 2016by gemmaruthbrown 1 Comment

Welcome to those who were treated as invisible, or problematic, or too much, or not enough. Welcome to those who were told they couldn’t, and to those who were asked […]

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Activism, Feminism, Human Trafficking, Justice, Labour Exploitation, Objectification, Rape, Sexism, Sexualisation, Slavery, Violence against women

The solution to 50 Shades of Grey is a shouty Japanese man

February 13, 2015by gemmaruthbrown Leave a comment

Unless you’ve been hiking in the Himalayas recently, you are aware that 50 Shades of Grey is hitting our big screens this very day…just on time for Valentine’s Day. Clever, […]

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Activism, Advocacy, Blogging, Marriage, Objectification, Sexism, Singleness and Relationships, Violence against women

WOMEN: DON’T BE SMALL

December 9, 2014by gemmaruthbrown 2 Comments

I was shopping with some birthday money a couple of weeks ago and came across something new. I knew sizes were getting smaller in UK shops from shopping online, but […]

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Activism, Advertising, Feminism, Objectification, Sexism

BODY: SHARING MY STORY ON WEE FRIZZ

September 11, 2014by gemmaruthbrown Leave a comment

One of my heroes, who I also get to call ‘friend’ and ‘cousin’, is running a series on her blog around the word BODY. She asked me what I thought […]

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Beauty, Culture, Eating Disorders, Hope, Objectification

NUDE PHOTO HACKING, RICKY GERVAIS AND THE POWER OF WORDS

September 3, 2014by gemmaruthbrown 1 Comment

At the start of the week, news broke of a group of hackers who had accessed hundreds of nude photos of celebrities. They are threatening to release them all online. […]

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Activism, Consumerism, Culture, Justice, Media, Objectification, Violence against women

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