Tag Archives: Puberty

Tesco in age-appropriate pre-teen bra shock…

When bra shopping recently with a friend and her super-smart 10 year old daughter, two questions occurred to me. One, that if a ten year old can learn the basic principles of good fit in ten minutes, why is it … Continue reading

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Association of Aunties tackling ‘breast ironing’ in Cameroon

I’ve been blogging about breast ironing (the horrifying practice of burning adolescent girls’ breasts with hot stones by their own mothers to inhibit growth) in Cameroon for over a year now, and while the UK Government (see letter below) are … Continue reading

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