Rise of the Pseudo-Feminists
One question that I can see this article raising is this: is Laurie Ashcroft a feminist? For the record, I have nothing against feminists. I have nothing against people who want women to have the exact...
View ArticlePseudo-Feminists Speak Louder Than Words (Especially If They’re Called Ruby...
At precisely 09:06 yesterday morning, Ruby Potter walked back into my life. Or rather, I walked back into hers. Since I hadn’t seen Dave for at least a good couple of weeks, we’d arranged to meet in...
View ArticlePseudo-Feminism Corrupts Enjoyment. Any Kind of Enjoyment. At All.
Ten minutes into our shopping trip, I was ready to save Danielle the trouble of pulling a Brian and throwing myself in front of a bus. That afternoon was part of the elaborate and very creatively named...
View ArticlePseudo-Feminists Will Be Hypocrites. And Annoying.
After such a confrontation, I can honestly say that I didn’t expect to see Ruby again. But see her again we did. At about half past eight that very same evening, just while me and Emily were settling...
View ArticleThe Dangers of Wedding Ceremonies
Once a year, something comes around that most single girls – or at least, certainly the ones that I know – face with a sense of impending doom. It isn’t Valentine’s Day (which, for the record, I still...
View ArticleFour Singles & A Wedding
At about eleven o’clock one Saturday morning, four single girls went to a wedding. Or should I say, four single girls very, very reluctantly went to a wedding. Each of us had our own reason for not...
View ArticleMay Your Marriage Be Happy, And Your Bitchy In-Laws Not So Bitchy
OK. I promise, promise, promise that this time, I have not been so completely silent because I’m a terrible blogger person. I have been so completely silent because before I went on my nice, peaceful,...
View ArticleSomething Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Bitchy
Without that wedding, would she have even had that realisation? Maybe not. And is that such a bad thing? Probably not. So maybe weddings aren’t completely terrible for single people. Maybe there are...
View ArticleRain On Your Wedding Day Brings Good Luck. Slightly Clouded-Over Sunshine On...
If I’d still been there, I could’ve pointed out that bitchiness, sadly, does not have an age limit on it, as proved on a daily basis by CowBitch’s own mother, my Aunty Pauline, who seems to have been...
View ArticleThat Oh-So-Familiar ‘See Ya’ Text
Listen. Don’t be mad. But I’m not going to be here when you wake up. I’m not going into the details right now this second, partly because I’ve got too much to do and partly because there’s far too much...
View ArticleThere Comes A Time In Every Girl’s Life When She Must Do Her Best Impression...
After all the excitement that Heather was kind enough to provide at the wedding, it would’ve been nice to have a drama-free day on the Sunday. No. That wasn’t going to happen. And for that, I have to...
View ArticleNew York, New York. So Good, You Have To Chase Your Best Friend There.
Arriving in New York was one of the most surreal experiences of my life. All I had with me was my little bag of clothes, an address that Emily had managed to snag from someone in Matt’s family, and...
View Article“Can Not Having A New Year’s Resolution Count As A New Year’s Resolution?”
So. Following Danielle’s adventure to New York and my mad dash after her, the following events happened in roughly the same order: Laurie became a very crappy blogger and, in fact, basically abandoned...
View ArticlePseudo-Feminism Corrupts Enjoyment. Any Kind of Enjoyment. At All.
Ten minutes into our shopping trip, I was ready to save Danielle the trouble of pulling a Brian and throwing myself in front of a bus. That afternoon was part of the elaborate and very creatively named...
View Article“Can Not Having A New Year’s Resolution Count As A New Year’s Resolution?”
So. Following Danielle’s adventure to New York and my mad dash after her, the following events happened in roughly the same order: Laurie (i.e. me) became a very crappy blogger and, in fact, basically...
View ArticleYou’re Never Too Old To Set A New Year’s Resolution. And Then Promptly Forget...
‘It took me a few years to realise it,’ she admitted, ‘but eventually I worked out that it’s OK to not like one of your friends. Not because you can be two-faced or anything like that, but because –...
View ArticleNew Year’s Resolutions Are Made To Be Broken
Em hadn’t had any kind of relationship since she broke up with Eric. So when she realised that things with Josh were going from ‘casual dating with the odd tumble in the sack’ to ‘gads, I might...
View ArticleThat Awkward Moment When Your Friends’ New Year’s Resolution Is To Not Let...
I don’t know how long it’ll take me to get to the point where I can honestly say that I’m 100% happy for Danielle. I don’t know how long it’ll take before I can talk about how well she’s doing in New...
View ArticleDear Cousin CowBitch…
What Annabelle did was in no way a malicious act. Cutting someone off because they dare to have a mental illness, however? The only word I can think of to describe it is evil.
View ArticleSingle Is The New Fantastic
If you think about it, us single people really catch the short shrift. We don’t get a whole day every year dedicated to our singleness. We only get one day a year to officially celebrate the day we met...
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