Kategould
In no particular order, I’m a writer, Beethoven groupie, feminist, campaigner for sex workers’ rights at SCOT-PEP, tattooed lady, etiquette fanatic, insatiable reader, and commissioning editor at The Fine Line. I spend most of my time reading in my flat overrun by pet rats, Georgia, Minnie and Olivia. I’ve been a research assistant to Germaine Greer and Shere Hite, MORI pollster, book critic, magazine editor, over-worked publishing intern, nanny, English teacher, and hotel critic. The best insult I’ve ever heard is “buckle-bunny wannabe” and the best thing I’ve ever eaten is the raspberry cheesecake in Gaia on Leith Walk. I have a regular spot at Good Vibrations writing about the fun things you can do with a fuck buddy.
MY BLOGS
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mybeautifulchandelier
http://mybeautifulchandelier.com/blog/
ranting, rambling and raving on the extraordinary, peculiar and everyday
LATEST ARTICLES ( 46 )
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Is the Lightweight Hair Dryer Good?
Get To Know If Lightweight Hair Dryer Are Optimal For Getting Salon Styled Looking Hair? In the modern world, people are highly concerned with their styling... Read more
Posted on 04 May 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
How Does Hair Gel Work?
The hair gel makes your hair looks good and they help you style your hair and set your hair according to your wish. It helps your hair to get in shape by formin... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Can You Get Rid of Forehead Wrinkles?
People take care of their skin and want it to, look smooth and youthful. Nobody wants any type of wrinkles on forehead or any other part of the face. Another... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Regulating Desire
Last February academic and social commentator Laura Kipnis wrote a piece for The Chronicle Review about student-academic relationships and the effects of... Read more
Posted on 01 June 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
The Viagra Man: Pfizer’s Creation of the Ultimate Male
This is an essay I wrote for a university course on understanding technology. I decided to write about Viagra because I’m doing my PhD on sex pills for women... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
“Can I Be a Feminist and Have Rape Fantasies Too?” Objectivity in the Study and...
I wrote this a couple of weeks ago as a course essay and, having heard the title, a few people asked to read it so I thought I’d put it up here. Read more
Posted on 16 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Stabbed to Death by Stigma
I wrote this for the Huffington Post, but thought I’d share it here, too. On July the 19th protests were held around the globe against the violent abuse and... Read more
Posted on 20 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Dove’s Dirty Tricks
The nice folks at Dove are at it again: in their bid to convince women that they don’t have to look on the point of collapse or have preternaturally... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
How We Do Death
Four years ago today, I lost my dad. A veterinary pathologist his whole working life, the doctors knew better than to try and fob him off with the... Read more
Posted on 09 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Lies, All Lies!
Tis the season for making promises to ourselves – and, possibly, others, though they’ll have heard it all before – that we know we won’t keep. My New Year’s... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
My Response to Rhoda Grant’s Proposed Bill to Criminalise The Purchase of Sex
Throughout her draft bill to criminalise the purchase of sex in Scotland, Rhoda Grant asked a number of questions for those submitting for and against... Read more
Posted on 19 December 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Why I’m Opposed to Criminalising the Purchase of Sex
The Member of the Scottish Parliament, Rhoda Grant, believes sex workers are imbeciles who should be denied the right to earn a living and subjected to... Read more
Posted on 05 December 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Whatever Happened to Foreplay?
Once upon a time there was a thing called foreplay. Sometimes it was silent: just a kiss in a club and an awkward scuffle in the toilets. Others took more time... Read more
Posted on 21 November 2012 DATING, DIARIES, LOVE & SEX, SELF EXPRESSION -
Rising Poet: Sabrina Mahfouz
Protest poetry at its finest from Sabrina Mahfouz Image source: http://exeuntmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Sabrina-FINAL-600x411.jpg Read more
Posted on 14 November 2012 CULTURE, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Notes on Zelda
There isn’t a whole heap left to say about Zelda Fitzgerald. Common consensus states she was a drunk, a Southern Belle, a madwoman, one half of the 20’s most... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
James Mollison: Where Children Sleep
These photos are from James Mollison’s collection, Where Children Sleep, some of the most beautiful, horrifying, moving, and disturbing images I’ve ever seen. Read more
Posted on 23 October 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Weighing in on Marissa Mayer’s Maternity Leave is Nothing New for Mums
Yesterday morning Yahoo CEO, Marissa Mayer, went back to work after two weeks’ maternity leave. Based on the extent of the coverage and breadth of the... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Decoding Insecurities
Here’s an interesting development: not only are women faced daily with a barrage of images designed to make them feel imperfect at best and repulsive at worst,... Read more
Posted on 10 October 2012 DIARIES -
Pink Ribbons Inc
. by Léa Pool, National Film Board of Canada This is a fascinating film about the hijacking of breast cancer as a cause by corporations. Read more
Posted on 04 October 2012 DIARIES -
Campaigns Against The Sun
No More Page 3 and Turn Your Back On The Sun are campaigns against the daily publication of pornographic images of women on page three of The Sun, a newspaper... Read more
Posted on 29 September 2012 DIARIES