As the eldest sibling, I did what I always do, which is jump in and become the fixer. I organised the funeral, paid for it and told my siblings they could pay me back once the dust had settled.
Helena describes violence against women as an 'epidemic'. Ministers have described a 'national emergency' and the UK government has pledged to halve violence against women and girls within a decade. To get a deeper, more human understanding of the situation, we tracked news reports throughout 2025 from across the UK of women or girls who had been potentially killed by men or boys.
If you feel shame, recognize that no one else can shame you; only you can make yourself feel ashamed. Only you have the power to create your emotions-positive, negative, helpful, or unhelpful. The Stoics Hundreds of years ago, the Greek and Roman Stoics advanced that insight. In his treatise the Enchiridion, Epictetus wrote: Men are disturbed not by the things that happen but by their opinions about those things. In his Epistles, Seneca stated: Everything depends on opinion.
Anna Podedworna, 40, was found guilty of murdering her partner, Izabela Zablocka, before she "dismembered Izabela's body by cutting it in half with a large knife," prosecutors said. They told the jury that police discovered Podedworna had previously been employed as a "skilled butcher," and her work involved "deboning, and portioning out turkey carcasses using a large knife," the reports.
An Indian woman in the southern state of Kerala was arrested on Wednesday amid an investigation into the suicide of a man she accused of sexual misconduct in a viral video online. The case has evoked strong responses on both sides and a debate on the dangers of so-called "trial by social media" or by media more generally. Local police launched a case on Monday investigation possible abetment of suicide. The Kerala state Human Rights Commission also ordered a police probe into the incident.
There comes a time in everyone woman's life when she must decide if she is getting on the party bus or not. In this case, the party bus is a metaphor for the whole concept of bachelorette parties and all the nonsense and spiraling costs that are associated with the whole tradition. The party bus is also, in fact, a party bus, because how could you get the girls together for the Bride's Last Ride without an intermediate size bus loaded down with booze?
My husband and I have what one could call a "traditional" marriage: He works, and I tend the home. Since we're child-free and I already finished college, I suppose you could call me a trophy wife, but firstly, I'm nonbinary, and secondly, that's the rub. On paper, not much: I read a lot, I tend to my hobbies, I attempt to bake, and I spend time with my husband.
Growing up, Melissa Shultz sometimes felt like she had two fathers. One version of her dad, she told me, was playful and quick to laugh. He was a compelling storyteller who helped shape her career as a writer, and he gave great bear hugs. He often bought her small gifts: a pink "princess" phone when she was a teen, toys for her sons when she became a mom.
