In most countries, the age at which a person is allowed to marry is usually around the age of 18. The legal age to engage in sexual activity is usually a little bit lower, and in some countries like Tanzania, Bangladesh and India, the marriageable...
The thought of women living in an Arab country sparks off mental images of repression, Burqas and bedouin ways of life. Until the discovery of petroleum, and possibly even until the 1969 revolution this was very much the case, even in neighbouring Libya. Though most...
What is the wildest fashion item that you have ever worn? Have you ever tried on a Zoot suit? How about ten inch stilettos and armadillo shoes? Have you ever pierced your nose and ears and shackled them together with a golden chain? You might...
Many would argue that there’s no worse feeling than guilt. When it gets to you, it feels like a hyena is munching away at your heart with the intention of leaving behind only your despicable carcass. Guilt makes you feel an uncontrollable need to ‘cleanse’ yourself...
WE'RE USED TO MEETING MEN WHO WANT TO BE WOMEN, BUT NOT SO MUCH THE OTHER WAY AROUND. THIS IS NOT THE LIFE STORY OF A LESBIAN. IT’S THE STORY OF RITA DAKIN, WHO WANTS TO BE A STRAIGHT MAN; WHO WANTS TO BE SEEN...
First published on FM magazine -Sep 2010 "The more legal and material hindrances women have broken through, the more strictly, heavily, and cruelly, images of female beauty have come to weigh upon us...
Unbelievable! It’s been twenty years. Over 7000 days! It’s been just over 7300 days since I left secondary school - that humid, mouldy, arthritis haven in Mdina – also known as the good old days at St. Dorothy’s Convent. I have to say that except for the...
Way back in the 90s, when I was still in secondary school, I knew a girl called Filippa. Today, the name Filippa is considered to be cool and trendy, but back then, it was pretty much equivalent of calling a 2009 baby something like, Doris,...
Don’t you hate it when mechanics treat you like you wouldn’t know a gear box if you tripped in one? Admittedly, most women are not half as bothered about cars as men are, but let it be known that just because we lack the Y chromosome,...
In 2007 Malta won first place! Unfortunately it was in an obesity contest, where the Maltese hit the highest average measure of body fat (BMI) in Europe. During the same year, another study found that 20% of all Maltese children aged between 5 and 6...