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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Katie Makkai: Pretty
Fucking Incredible. (Also, if anyone happens to know where I can get hold of more of her writing, please let me Read more
Posted on 24 August 2012 DIARIES -
Travels in (Todd) Akinland
They’ve done it again. For their latest every-so-often gift to the Democrats, the Republicans have produced Todd Akin and let him loose to launch himself into... Read more
Posted on 23 August 2012 DIARIES -
Julian Assange, Tony Benn, and the Definition of Rape
3:10: in defence of Julian Assange, Benn believes “a non-consensual relationship is very different from rape.” I think not. Given that the majority of rapes... Read more
Posted on 16 August 2012 DIARIES -
Magic Button Theory
A little while ago, I wrote a post about the enlargement of the g-spot using the injection of a collagen-based substance into the area, catchily known as the... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2012 DIARIES -
Are Transsexuals Female?
Bitching on the beauty pageant circuit is hardly news, but in attempting to make it a little more political, Jenna Talackova has managed to gain some media... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Skinnyfans
I want to be all egalitarian about this, I really do, but I can’t help finding it pitiful. Disturbing, too, having malnutrition eroticised by these poses. Read more
Posted on 15 March 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Unlikely Icons. Number One: The Brussel Sprout
Few things so neatly divide a people as the Brussels Sprout. The love camp tends to base its preference on taste and a positive association with festive... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Get Your Rocks off on a Sunday Morning
Dislocated my shoulder this morning which is always super fun. I’ve done it before and have been to hospital so many times, even at the end of a 48-hour... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Interesting Finds
If you’re stuck for things to look up, here are some things I’ve found I think are worth taking a look at. Vintage Adverts. I think the sanitized tapeworms... Read more
Posted on 10 December 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Seeing a Man About a Dog.
Sigh. Some of my friends love seeing a man with a baby, but really, it’s baggage in a buggy. Baggage that throws up on you and tends to come with a mum... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Stalked by a Psychic
I’m being stalked by an online psychic. She started off quite nice when I clicked on the ad and said yes I’d like a free online psychic reading. Read more
Posted on 09 December 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Birthing Aliens
The fibroid in my uterus is so large, the doctor says, it feels like I’m pregnant. I tell him I’ll be seriously pissed off if I am and the only way it could... Read more
Posted on 07 December 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Interesting Finds
If you’re stuck for things to look up, here are some things I’ve found I think are worth taking a look at. Vintage Adverts. I think the sanitized tapeworms... Read more
Posted on 01 December 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Seeing a Man About a Dog.
Sigh. Some of my friends love seeing a man with a baby, but really, it’s baggage in a buggy. Baggage that throws up on you and tends to come with a mum... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
What Women’s Hearts Desire
Whether we know it or not, this is what women’s hearts desire. Drawn by D.W. Kellogg, sometime around 1833-42, he attributed it to “A Lady” and warned of the... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Writing to Jack
Sorting through a pile of childhood stuff my mum brought round the other day I found a fan letter I’d written to Jack Nicholson when I must have been about 14. Read more
Posted on 22 October 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Wear Your Hair Just for Him and Other Ridiculous Relationship Rules.
“Men don’t pursue women who are pursuing them.” These words of wisdom are from Christian Carter, dating guru, and author of How To Catch Him and Keep Him (a... Read more
Posted on 21 October 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Relinquishing Control
When a man I rather liked called last week to see if I fancied a drink, my first thought was that it sounded great and I’d love to see him. Read more
Posted on 19 October 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
For the Love of Ladybits
As an antidote to a post I wrote a little while ago about the negative depiction of women in advertising, I thought I’d look for ads that present women in a... Read more
Posted on 24 September 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Crap on the Pavement
Stuff you see on the ground when you should be watching where you’re going. Read more
Posted on 10 September 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES