International Women’s Day: Pushing The Boundaries of What Women “Could” Do
I’m still in a fangirl spasm. This submission from Caroline just blew me away, and continues to do so – because it is so powerful in its simplicity, because it shows a world many of us will never...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day: All the Things
We’re lucky, aren’t we? Yes, things are still not great for us as women, living in the developed world, in 2013, but hell, we’re so much better off than our predecessors in so many ways. We all love...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day: You Should…
There’s not much that needs to be said in regards to Abi’s contribution to International Women’s Day on AOW. That last line? Says it all… You should have: a wonderful, clever, professional career,...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day: Speaking out about domestic violence
Emma writes here about something that we’ve not covered much on AOW, but that we would welcome more posts on. It’s a huge issue for women worldwide – it’s something that affects women in every...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day: Pressure
This post by Crysta resonates. Oh, hoes it does. Oh, how I wish it didn’t. I don’t know any woman who doesn’t feel this insurmountable pressure and judgement. If it’s not from family, it’s from...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day: To be a person
Anna emailed us this last night. Anna K has been throwing a wobbler for the last 24 hours because she can’t watch it on her phone, Clare spent all of our night/her day telling us how AMAZING it is and...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day: Be they any other woman.
This isn’t our round-up post, that’s at 9pm. I know, we’ve spoilt you today, haven’t we? We kept this to post at the end of the day though, bevause it could be our round up post. Katielase has nailed...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day 2013: Closing thoughts
Honestly, I am bowled over. Today has been even better than we could have imagined. The posts, which were incredible by themselves, inspired so many articulate, thoughtful, wonderful comments, and...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day: The Encore
Due to a major scheduling issue (basically, I messed up, big-time), we somehow managed to miss out not one, but two bloody brilliant posts on the day itself. We discovered it that night, and rather...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day: Behind Closed Doors
At Any Other Woman, you can talk about anything. Anything you want at all. Any subject, any time. We are proud to be able to provide that platform for you, it makes our hearts sing. But we do...
View Article{IWD2014} Find What You Love
By Anna K Love freely. Find the good in others. Tell them what you find. Leave people feeling a little taller than when you found them. People will remember you if you make them recognise the good...
View Article{IWD2014} Never be afraid
By Caroline Never be afraid to be yourself and let someone love you. No matter what you think about yourself there are people out there who think you are awesome and would walk to hell and back for...
View Article{IWD2014} Decisions
By Sharon Should you choose to have children – how you nourish your baby is up to you. You carried the tiny person for 9 months, you get to decide how to feed them.
View Article{IWD2014} Enjoy the marathon
By Fran B My advice for the next generation of AOW would be to have the courage to do what you want with your lives. You can achieve anything. It might take a lot of hard work and dedication but you...
View Article{IWD2014} Do something you enjoy
By Katie W · Tidy up as you go along. · Do not tell lies. I’ve lied, and been caught out. It’s resulted in people losing trust in me, and me looking foolish and dishonest. It has...
View Article{IWD2014} Dear Little Daughter
By Katie S (text and image taken directly from Letters Of Note) W.E.B. Du Bois was a man of many achievements. In 1895, he became the first African American to earn a Ph.D at Harvard; he co-founded, in...
View Article{IWD2014} Beauty Comes In More Than One Shape
By Lynsey I wish someone had told me earlier that fat doesn’t equal ugly. Fat is a descriptor not an insult. Beauty comes in more than one shape. Ignore other people’s beauty standards.
View Article{IWD2014} Glass Ceilings
And so…we are at the end of International Women’s Day 2014 on Any Other Woman. And what a day it has been. We have been inspired, excited, moved and humbled by the advice you have given the next...
View ArticleAny Other Photo {IWD2014}
The insanely fabulous Steff sent Anna and I this not long after our International Women’s Day 2014 extravaganza. We were blown away – not only by her tech skills (types the woman how is defeated by her...
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