The problem with lady parts

Rebel, cougar, boss bitch, nag… Throughout comedian and actor Doon Mackichan’s 40-year career, there have been countless roles based on sexist female tropes and stereotypes that’s she’s found herself reluctantly taking on or turning down. Here, she recounts a few

As a child, I kept a diary. I kept a record of my day: what I wore, what I ate, what walks I took, almost like a hospital log – a bit sterile but with the odd silly drawing of my pet parrot. I abandoned this pursuit in my late teens and 20s, too busy being in love, forging my own path, only to take it up again in my early 30s, at the advice of an older actress I was working with. At the time, I was juggling two new babies with a theatre tour and there was certainly much more that I needed to make sense of. At the beginning of lockdown, I reread the diaries. Some of the stories I felt needed to be heard: stories of a…

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Red UK (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2023

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