Tag Archives: Childless

What’s your role?

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Katherine Baldwin

Before I plunge into today’s blog topic – What’s your role? – a quick plug for the Women of the World (WOW) festival that’s on at London’s Southbank Centre tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday. I was at WOW 2012 and loved … Continue reading →

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It all started here

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Katherine Baldwin

‘Maybe No Baby’ is the headline of a feature I wrote for The Sunday Times today on infertility and childlessness, particularly among women of my generation, late 30s, early 40s, and the difficulties of meeting eligible partners. It’s on page … Continue reading →

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Tiny feet

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Katherine Baldwin

Following on from my Huffington Post piece on feminism and the large number of women in their late 30s and early 40s who are facing the prospect of childlessness, without feeling they made a conscious choice, I wrote something for … Continue reading →

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Feminism, 50 years on

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Katherine Baldwin

Today’s blog comes to you via The Huffington Post and it marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique – a book, I have to confess, I’d barely even heard of until recently. No, I … Continue reading →

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Postcard from Mexico City

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Katherine Baldwin

I’m writing this from a café in the afternoon sunshine – one of the advantages of taking a trip to Mexico in December. It’s winter here too, supposedly, and many chilangos (as Mexico City dwellers are affectionately known) like to … Continue reading →

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Belonging

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Katherine Baldwin

I had a strange post-holiday sensation yesterday. I felt all at sea, despite being back in the metropolis and a long way from the sunny shores and gentle waves of southern Turkey. I arrived back from my delightful yoga break … Continue reading →

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Can women have it all?

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Katherine Baldwin

It seems the debate about whether women can have it all – the career and the family – just won’t go away, which isn’t a bad thing, because it’s a debate I find fascinating and that I very much want … Continue reading →

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Great expectations

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Katherine Baldwin

In the spirit of honesty, upon which this blog is built, I confess that I spent the first hour or two of my 41st birthday – on Tuesday just gone – in my pyjamas, in my bed and in tears. … Continue reading →

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A healthy dose of self-belief

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Katherine Baldwin

I’ve learned quite a lot this year but maybe the most important thing I’ve learned is that when we have a gut instinct, a vision or an idea that nags at us and doesn’t go away, it’s wise to act … Continue reading →

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Love is all you need

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Katherine Baldwin

“All you need is love, love. Love is all you need.” I thought today’s blog title was fitting, partly because I’ve just spent a few days in Liverpool – birthplace of the Fab Four – and partly because I’ve given … Continue reading →

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