Today, Wednesday 8 March marks International Women’s Day – celebrating ‘the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women’ around the world. In every corner of the World, equality differs on many levels and today marks a day where we should all come together in recognition of that. This year the driver is #BeBoldForChange and […]
London is handing over the Olympic torch to the Brazilians, and we’re expecting to witness the best show of sporting excellence in the world. Over the next two weeks, we will all consume Olympism in a variety of ways – from a travelling fan, to a television spectator, newspaper reader, radio listener or online onlooker. […]
At Average Janes, we’re massive Spice Girls fans. We may have even rocked the odd scrunchie, Adidas crop top and Reebok popper trousers pretending to be Sporty Spice back in the day. Before you ask “who do you think you are?”, we were super cool and way ahead of the 90s trend. We love the […]
Is the era of heels, shoulder pads and ass taps finally over? Overworked and underpaid? Our writer Whitney takes a look at how far women who work it have come – and how much there is still to fight for. Picture the landscape of Mad Men. The laddish advertising culture that is actually powered by the creative prowess […]
When is comes to online shopping it’s a little bit like Marmite, you either love it or you hate it. But, thanks to the help of three Dublin-born sisters, Jennie, Sarah and Grace McGinn, who have founded OPSH.com, the whole process is set to become a lot easier! The idea behind OPSH is to give the control back to […]
Here at Janes we are all for gender equality, so we were overjoyed to hear about a new Swiss ad campaign entitled: “Don’t Measure A Woman’s Worth By Her Clothes.” Teree De Femmes, a Swiss Human Rights organisation, has produced a Campaign composed of three images focusing on the main areas of a women’s body […]
