The only time I read a woman's magazine is when I'm in the hairdressers, so here I am with a bunch of mags and a steaming cuppa by my side as my hair is dressed in fetching foils.
Anyway, I flip open magazine after magazine and can't help but feel that, no matter the title, they are all the same.
From Women's Own to Vogue.
All. the. same.
It's all about women being nasty about other women:
Who wore it better.
How badly celebs age.
How fat someone is (or how skinny).
Who's had what work done to their faces and bodies (and sniggering over it).
Who's marriage is breaking up (and sniggering over it).
All this in between pages of advertisements for clothes, perfumes and other 'enhancing' products.
Why are women portrayed like this? Why is it assumed we hate one another?
It isn't men making us feel like this it's other women!
Why? Why are we so hard on ourselves, ladies? If anyone has any answers do let me know!
Anyway, I flip open magazine after magazine and can't help but feel that, no matter the title, they are all the same.
From Women's Own to Vogue.
All. the. same.
It's all about women being nasty about other women:
Who wore it better.
How badly celebs age.
How fat someone is (or how skinny).
Who's had what work done to their faces and bodies (and sniggering over it).
Who's marriage is breaking up (and sniggering over it).
All this in between pages of advertisements for clothes, perfumes and other 'enhancing' products.
Why are women portrayed like this? Why is it assumed we hate one another?
It isn't men making us feel like this it's other women!
Why? Why are we so hard on ourselves, ladies? If anyone has any answers do let me know!
All characters portrayed in Wise's books aren't 'strong' women.
They are just ordinary women.
Coping with what life throws at them the best they can.
Louise Wise
is a British author. She lives in the Midlands with her husband and four sons,
and works as a pharmacy technician.
Her debut novel is the acclaimed sci-fi romance EDEN, which was followed by its sequel HUNTED in 2013.
Her debut novel is the acclaimed sci-fi romance EDEN, which was followed by its sequel HUNTED in 2013.
Her other
works include A PROPER CHARLIE
(romantic comedy), OH NO, I’VE FALLEN
IN LOVE! (dark, comedy romance), and SCRUFFY
TRAINERS (a collection of short stories). She has written numerous short
stories for women’s magazines including Women’s Own and Take a Break.
Her latest
novel, Wide Awake Asleep, was
released late December 2016. In this novel, she has mixed time travel with
romance and her on-going theme of solitude.
Links:
Website:
http://louisewise.website
