How to be a Woman

(Hugely tenuous outfit link: I was told that this outfit - comprised of a second hand dress and vintage silk shirt & straw hat - made me look vaguely Virginia Woolf-esque. Despite the author's dislike of the word 'feminism', she keenly detailed the double standards and problems facing women during the 1920s. She was one of the first writers to spark my interest in feminism. The photos were taken nearly a year ago by my lovely and talented friend Rosa.) When we talk about feminism today, it is hard to know what is actually being discussed. Once one brushes aside clichés flimsy and old as cobwebs (bra burning, men hating, women’s libbers with no concept of...