Just another pregnancy rumour?

Why are we so obsessed with the contents of women's wombs?

Yesterday Beyoncé posted the above photo on Instagram which has had over 1 million 'likes'. Since then my social media feeds have been flooded with speculation that she is pregnant again. IF she is pregnant, then that's great for her, but why is it that if a female celebrity wears a looser fitting outfit, refuses a drink or happens to be buried in sand with a *slight* mound over her stomach that everybody instantly takes that to mean that she must be pregnant. And if she is, should she not be able to announce it in her own time? If all celebrity pregnancy rumours were to be true just imagine the amount of babies that Kate Middleton would have had by now. 

This is all just an extension of everyday sexism. Female stars are incessantly judged if they do not have children, or are unmarried in a way that men are not. Just look at the spinster label attached to stars like Jennifer Aniston because she is not currently married, nor does she have children. Before he got married George Clooney was simply seen to be an eligible bachelor, not someone we should feel sorry for. Women in general face so many hardships without the added pressure of everybody watching their biological clocks. 

Simple things like the heavy expectations placed on women to have children by a certain age and the perceived selfishness and essential criminialisation of those that choose not to have children proves that Feminism is still an issue today. Feminism is still 100% necessary in 2015 this is because we live in a world where women like Kayley Cuoco- Sweeting say they have no first- hand experience of sexism and say they are not feminists. However Kayley, as with all other women, is a victim of sexism. Despite her professional achievements, essentially she will be judged by the rest of society based on  the contents or existence of her womb. 

Women like Kayley need to be educated on what Feminism actually means, it is not about hating men or shunning personal grooming. It is simply the need for equality of the sexes in every sense. That''s it.  I could list all of the ways where women face inequalities but I do not have an infinite amount of time, and I can only assume that you do not either. Caitlin Moran, my feminist icon, does a good job in 'How To Be A Woman', This is an  essential read for everyone!

What do you think about the issue of female celebrity pregnancy rumours? Is it harmless fun or blatant sexism?  Let me know in the comments?

My latest sources of happiness

So yesterday I had a lot of fun spending money on things that I definitely don't need, but potentially could not live without.

Free gifts and feminism.

Magazines are a huge part of my life. I love how they offer so much useful advice, cover difficult topics and are just generally very pretty. Yesterday I chose Glamour and Elle magazine. Glamour because of the 20% off H&M voucher, free Nails Inc polish and the 'going out' feature- there is no such thing as too many clothes! I don't usually read Elle magazine but first things first, the incredible Emma Watson pulled me in. The fact that it is a feminism issue made it impossible for me to walk away from it. I am very excited to read the insights they have on a topic that is very close to my heart. As the front cover says I am very excited to 'Be inspired'. The free Benefit 'They're Real-push up liner' was just a bonus!

The second bag to change my life in as many weeks 

Sorry about the black dot on my pics

 I first saw this bag around 6 weeks ago when I first went back to London after the summer and it was love at first sight. For some crazy reason I didn't buy it there and then, when I went back the following week to buy it they were all gone. I've been on what has felt like a wild goose chase all over London looking for this bag that stole my heart for the past 5 weeks and yesterday we were finally reunited. Our reunion was only made sweeter by the fact that I had a 20% off voucher from my Glamour magazine so I got it for £28 instead of £35. My favourite thing about this bag is the velvet (!!!) panels on the sides.

The album that hasn't sold 1.29m copies in it's first week for no reason

Yes after a week of being permanently confused as to why I hadn't fully joined the 21st century by not owning Taylor Swift's fifth album I finally caved and bought my deluxe edition last night for £14.99. I bought it from Amazon so I got my digital copy instantly, which has been on repeat for quite some time. My current favourites are Blank Space, Out Of The Woods and How You Get The Girl. I know these will change but right now I'm just so happy that I've finally understand what everyone's been going crazy over the last week and why Lena Dunham named October 27th (the album's release date) National Taylor Swift day!