• 'I transitioned from female to male, then realised I had made a mistake' 
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    'I transitioned from female to male, then realised I had made a mistake' 

    If Stella O’Malley was a child today, she is sure she would have had gender reassignment treatment. The 43-year-old psychotherapist and presenter of a new Channel 4 documentary, Trans Kids: It’s Time To Talk, identified as a boy in the 1980s, long before gender dysphoria was a common part of medical and social parlance. Uncomfortable in her skin until she reached puberty, O’Malley says she “finally connected” with her biological identity when she had her first period.

  • Princess Beatrice's new boyfriend Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and the new European royal set
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    Princess Beatrice's new boyfriend Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and the new European royal set

    She seemed to cut a rather lonely figure at her younger sister’s wedding last month, when she dutifully accompanied her mother (said to have been “a bag of nerves” on the big day), into St George’s Chapel, Windsor. Poor old Princess Beatrice. Watching your little sister walk down the aisle in the same year that your ex boyfriend of a decade also tied the knot? That must have smarted a bit. 

  • 'I lost £100,000 to a stranger I thought was in love with me' – the devastating rise of romance fraud
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    'I lost £100,000 to a stranger I thought was in love with me' – the devastating rise of romance fraud

    When two policemen knocked on Roy Twiggs’s door and asked whether he had been transferring money to a woman named Donna, he couldn’t understand what on earth they meant by it. He was in a relationship with Donna - why should it be any of their business if he had sent her the odd bit of cash? 

  • Has Fantastic Beasts had a 'woke-over' and has it backfired?  
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    Has Fantastic Beasts had a 'woke-over' and has it backfired?  

    If there is one thing that viewers will be looking forward to as Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald hits the big screens today, it is how it addressing the countless controversies that have loomed over the movie since word of its release.

  • 9 things that only midlifers know about parties
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    9 things that only midlifers know about parties

    Parties do strange things to the human psyche. Just as the television programme The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds is set in a playground, if The Secret Life of Midults were a show, it should be set at a party. Or perhaps in front of the mirror before the party because of the weird things we do there – pulling skin taut, examining back fat, shooting ourselves a ‘winning smile’.

  • The 4 things Theresa May might have been trying to say with her Frida Kahlo bracelet
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    The 4 things Theresa May might have been trying to say with her Frida Kahlo bracelet

    Amid the Mayhem, it could easily have gone unnoticed. But a few eagle-eyed commentators spotted that, during her press conference, in the wake of minister resignations and a letter of no confidence from Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Prime Minister was wearing a bracelet bearing the image of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.

  • Michelle Obama is right - we need to talk about miscarriage
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    Michelle Obama is right - we need to talk about miscarriage

    She is unquestionably one of the most powerful women in the world — strong, authoritative; wonderful mother, supportive wife, world-class lawyer and dedicated campaigner. Even before she was First Lady, Michelle Obama was probably all of those things. The idea that her glamorous international life could bear any resemblance to mine seemed doubtful — or that’s what I thought, before I read last week that she too was a woman who has experienced the agony of a miscarriage. It’s amazing, really, that it is still so surprising to hear someone in the public eye talking about losing a child like this. It’s something so many women experience, and yet even in 2018, a woman who suffers a miscarriage often won’t know that two of her dearest friends have been through that same trauma.

  • Pale, male, and stale: are men really suffering from workplace discrimination?
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    Pale, male, and stale: are men really suffering from workplace discrimination?

    Are men now under threat in the workplace? If you were to listen this week to a group of advertising executives at J Walter Thompson, you might believe so. The men claim they were made redundant for being “white, male, straight, and British”, and are said to have approached lawyers about the possibility of bringing a discrimination case against the company.

  • Could you have inherited your mother’s sex life?
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    Could you have inherited your mother’s sex life?

    No-one likes to think of their parents having sex. Every generation prefers to imagine they invented it themselves, although according to the poet Philip Larkin the precise year of its inception was 1963. So if your mother came of age before then, it might give you cause for concern. Why? Because researchers have found that children follow their mother’s example when it comes to the number of romantic relationships they have.

  • Who were the female faces in the sand? 
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    Who were the female faces in the sand? 

    Commemoration ceremonies took place up and down the country on Sunday as the UK poignantly marked the centenary of the Armistice. Tens of thousands came out in force to remember the selfless men and women who gave their lives, 100 years ago. Veterans and relatives of fallen soldiers marched past the Cenotaph in London, church services were held, and 1,000 beacons of light were lit up in the nation-wide ‘Battle’s Over’ tribute marking the end to the darkness of the Great War.

  • The colour photos that show the war effort of two million women 100 years ago
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    The colour photos that show the war effort of two million women 100 years ago

    Women’s contribution to extraordinary moments in history are often downplayed and written out, but we would do well to recognise the war effort of women this Remembrance Sunday, the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War.

  • Forget Prince Charles and his plants... 9 other things that midlifers talk to
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    Forget Prince Charles and his plants... 9 other things that midlifers talk to

    Royals are meant to feel ‘other’. That’s the point. But there are moments when they become relatable. Like Prince Charles and his plants. Because we talk to everything, too. Charles, it turns out, doesn’t merely chat to his plants, he ‘instructs’ them.

  • How the election of the first ever Muslim congresswomen will change the course of Trump's presidency 
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    How the election of the first ever Muslim congresswomen will change the course of Trump's presidency 

    The 2018 midterms have made history. On Wednesday, in a night of many firsts, we saw the election of candidates who look set to break barriers across America, and have already begun to change the face of the House.

  • This was a #Metoo election and those who say differently ignore the ‘Pink Wave’ at their peril  
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    This was a #Metoo election and those who say differently ignore the ‘Pink Wave’ at their peril  

    The US political landscape was transformed in yesterday’s midterm elections, not only by Democrats seizing the House but the crucial role that women played in that victory. As the final results are tallied, the power of #MeToo couldn’t be clearer.

  • Five things you only know about the US midterms if you’re a Brit living in New York
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    Five things you only know about the US midterms if you’re a Brit living in New York

    I honestly couldn’t tell you where I was for the 2014 midterm elections if my life depended on it. And not just because I’m a disenfranchised British expat with no voting rights here in America. I’d wager that barely any of my home-grown American friends could tell you where they were either. Because, until this year, nobody really paid that much attention.

  • Lena Dunham, Rihanna, Drew Barrymore - Here are the best A-list reactions to the Midterms
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    Lena Dunham, Rihanna, Drew Barrymore - Here are the best A-list reactions to the Midterms

    If you thought Hillary’s celebrity love-fest back in the 2016 presidential election race was quite something, then the A-list reactions to the midterm results won’t particularly surprise you. In both the run up to and the results aftermath, celebs were galvanising voters, speaking out against Donald Trump and sharing their “I Voted” stickers on the 'gram.

  • Study links postnatal depression with women who have given birth to boys
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    Study links postnatal depression with women who have given birth to boys

    The mental health condition affects one in every 10 mothers across the UK.

  • This popular video game had a suffragette character - the results were depressingly predictable
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    This popular video game had a suffragette character - the results were depressingly predictable

    It was such a nice idea. The makers of Red Dead Redemption 2, the most anticipated video game of the year, decided to do their bit for women's rights by putting a suffragette character in the cowboy-themed adventure, which was released last month. The game is set in the American frontier in 1899, the thinking went, just as women were campaigning across the United States (as well as Britain) for the ability to vote.

  • Should women be forced to wear a bra to work?
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    Should women be forced to wear a bra to work?

    “In 2018 would I get in bother if I didn't wear a bra to work?”

  • Women need to stop choosing career or family - and take the third way instead
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    Women need to stop choosing career or family - and take the third way instead

    Last week, while speaking on a panel on how to negotiate your worth at the Telegraph’sWomen Mean Business Live event, confirmed something intriguing I have seen in recent years: that female workers in the UK seem to approach the question of career or family as black and white. Either you work full time, with all the joys of long hours, overtime and commuting that come with it, or you become a stay-at-home mum. There’s no in-between.

  • Woman’s candid post on the heartbreaking struggle to conceive goes viral
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    Woman’s candid post on the heartbreaking struggle to conceive goes viral

    "Everyone talks about the positive results, but we rarely hear about the struggles of the negatives"

  • ‘Anti-bad vibes’ circles, price tags left on show… everything we learned from Meghan’s first royal tour
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    ‘Anti-bad vibes’ circles, price tags left on show… everything we learned from Meghan’s first royal tour

    The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s first royal tour was always going to be a big deal. Their wedding five months ago was a veritable Who’s Who of global A-listers and while their job abroad was to practice a little soft diplomacy and serve as a projection of British culture and heritage, it was never going to be totally immune from Hollywood sparkle either. Thousands lined the streets; the young screaming at the smallest glimpse of the newly wed couple while grandmothers, who had witnessed countless royal tours, waited patiently to shake the latest pair of Windsor hands, curious to know what they would discover about the latest glossy addition to the family.

  • Porn star Stormy Daniels on Donald Trump: 'If I could go back I'd say no'
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    Porn star Stormy Daniels on Donald Trump: 'If I could go back I'd say no'

    There are two types of people in the world, according to Stormy Daniels. ‘There’s the people who own their choices, and there’s the people who try to blame someone else.’ She elucidates with a scenario. ‘You got really drunk, went home with somebody from a bar. You wake up the next morning, realise you cheated on your boyfriend and you’re ashamed. So you’re like, “He must have slipped something in my drink.”’ Then, she says, ‘There’s the other set, that are, like, “Oh f—.  I did too many dollar shots and woke up with an ugly dude. My bad. Now, can I get out of here without waking him up?”’

  • Pauline Boty: the only female founder of British pop art
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    Pauline Boty: the only female founder of British pop art

    To celebrate 100 years since British women were given the right to vote, The Telegraph – alongside the Mayor of London’s#BehindEveryGreatCityCampaign – is running a weekly series.

  • Penny Mordaunt: 'Entrepreneurial mothers are resilient and resourceful -  I want them to thrive'
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    Penny Mordaunt: 'Entrepreneurial mothers are resilient and resourceful -  I want them to thrive'

    This week Penny Mordaunt MP, International Development Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities, addressed the very pressing issues facing female entrepreneurs at our Women Mean Business live event.