Danielle Parker
Mar 14, 20212 min read
Little Red Riding Hood
When is our society going to overcome its ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ syndrome? Silly little Red Riding Hood. If only she hadn’t wandered...
Danielle Parker
Mar 11, 20213 min read
Namywa is facing down barriers with her new business, GirlGrindUK
Inspiring music industry artist, Namywa (pronounced Nam-eye-wa), is on a mission to amplify the unsung voices of women and girls from...
The Shakti Team
Mar 4, 20212 min read
WHAT'S UP THIS MARCH?
THE PINK PAPER LAUNCH EVENT: With International Women’s Day just around the corner, Shakti Women is thinking pink. Yes, that’s right,...
Sarah Smith
Feb 9, 20211 min read
LOCKDOWN DIARIES WINNER
We would like to thank Sarah Smith and all the wonderful women who sent in their poems, prose, rants and diary entries. It was all a...
Danielle Parker
Jan 30, 20212 min read
The Jewel in The Crown, perhaps?
A first person opinion piece questioning whether Netflix hit 'The Crown' will tighten the veil of delusion over our royalist sensibilities o
Danielle Parker
Jan 26, 20212 min read
Let's Talk about Lockdown 3
We’re almost a month into Lockdown 3 in the UK and the recent news of an NHS on the brink of collapse as well as a rising daily death...
The Shakti Team
Jan 25, 20214 min read
Talk therapy hasn't 'cured' me or my problems, but I'm a little better for it
Aside from the pandemic, it’s been a particularly rough year for me so I decided to take advantage of the Shakti Women Let’s Talk service...
Danielle Parker
Jan 21, 20213 min read
Dipping our toes in
Lately I’ve been having a lot of vivid, water-related dreams. This is not a euphemism for wetting the bed (or anything else related to...
Danielle Parker
Jan 9, 20213 min read
How to have hope when this pandemic is punching us women in the guts
COVID-19 has been a blow to everyone, but it’s punching women right in the guts, pushing back the fight for gender equality. The...
siobhan753
Nov 26, 20201 min read
Launch: Women Walking on Water
One of the best things I have done this year, is walk to work. Yes I've faced some pretty bracing challenges but with my Bluetooth...
