Today I received an email titled: ‘Single parents buckle under half-term pressure’. Something negative happening to single parents, you say? Shocking. The Equifax release detailed how the financial strain on single parent households is exacerbated during the school holidays with 1 in 5 single parents reportedly calling in sick to […]
Tag: Single Mother
My Letter to Single Mums
ICYMI, at the end of last year I wrote this letter to single mums for Harper’s Bazaar, with things to remember when times get hard. Right now I’m recovering from a 24 hour bug, I’ve had a frozen neck, been sick, had the chills, a pounding headache and aches and […]
Forgive my rudeness, I’m trying not to have a breakdown
(Why single mums need a little extra wiggle room) There are things in all of our lives that keep us awake at night. The flu jab we keep forgetting to book. The vet appointment for Boris the cat that’s months overdue. The council tax bill that may or not be […]
Q: Can a Woman ‘Have it All?’
A: Some of them don’t have a choice. Earlier this week I went on Eddie Nestor’s BBC Radio London call-in show to talk about ‘supermums’ and whether women were under too much pressure to ‘have it all’. The image of a ‘supermum’ who has a successful career, a marriage, and […]
The Single Mother Project: SMILF
In The Single Mother Project I am trying to get to the bottom of the negative connotations associated with single parents, by analysing (ish) films, TV shows and books that feature single parents. The good, the bad, and the ugly will all be discussed. SMILF (2017) I started this Single Mother Project […]
The Single Mother Project: About A Boy
In The Single Mother Project I am trying to get to the bottom of the negative connotations associated with single parents, by analysing (ish) films, TV shows and books that feature single parents. The good, the bad, and the ugly will all be discussed. About A Boy (2002) [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-apwoGTpi7E] Any film […]
The Single Mother Project: Bad Moms
In The Single Mother Project I am trying to get to the bottom of the negative connotations associated with single parents, by analysing (ish) films, TV shows and books that feature single parents. The good, the bad, and the ugly will all be discussed. Bad Moms (2016) – available on […]
The Single Mother Project: Fun Mom Dinner
In The Single Mother Project I am trying to get to the bottom of the negative connotations associated with single parents, by analysing (ish) films, TV shows and books that feature single parents. The good, the bad, and the ugly will all be discussed. Netflix: Fun Mom Dinner (2017) Single […]