Anti-Oppression
There has been turmoil in 2020. With the fires, our community came together and highlighted the need for us to change our approach to environmental management. Then the pandemic showed [...]
We can do better
With International Womens Day approaching, and me starting to get reinsured to bring Legally Wise Women into life, I have been thinking more about the situation that women find themselves [...]
You Don’t Have a Penis
My business has been growing year upon year. But it has never met its potential. It was talking about this with my accountant this week, and the factors that are [...]
On the Basis of Sex
I watched this movie on the weekend - On the Basis of Sex - based on the USA Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsburg’s law school years and initial career as [...]
Some of the Reasons Why I Haven’t Had Children
Yes, this post is far more personal than most of my other posts, which are reviews or commentary of topics I’m passionate about. But as a woman who consciously haven't [...]
Knock Down the House
‘Be a bitch’ was the advice that one of the four women featured in this documentary was given. Bad advice, obviously. She was telling some of the other female candidates [...]
The Gender Inequality Index
Recently, the UN General Assembly President, Maria Fernanda Espinosa announced to the Commission on the Status of Women that there has been a serious regression. ‘In 2015, it would have [...]
My Feminism Will be Kind
With International Women's Day just past for another year, this poem came into my inbox that I had to share: MY FEMINISM By Maxine Beneba Clarke My feminism will be [...]
Toxic men rewarded in the law
I have previously written about how women are disadvantaged in the legal system, particularly due to our conversational traits. But the reason that women who become lawyers often feel uncomfortable [...]