Fairlady - May/June 2021

In this issue

Three-step guides to meditation, reducing anxiety, motivating yourself, managing your time, really listening, and dispelling negative thoughts about yourself. From playing the young Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown to a socially distanced stage performance, Claire Foy is charming audiences everywhere.Three local
fashionistas offer style inspiration.

Claire Foy Is Incredibly Funny, Unexpectedly Honest And Utterly Charming

Away from all the pomp and circumstance, Claire Foy is incredibly funny, unexpectedly honest and utterly charming. What can we say – she’s a queen!

8 mins

I'll Be There For You (But Maybe Not After 30)

Making friends as an adult is hard because chance meetings with strangers become less frequent, we’re less tolerant, and we lack the time to build shared experiences. Maintaining existing friendships is tricky too – and the pandemic doesn’t help. What’s a girl to do?

10+ mins

Agent (Less) Provocateur

The series I May Destroy You holds up a mirror to issues of sexual consent and recovery from trauma… and to its creator, writer and star Michaela Coel, who has brought a revitalising voice to the entertainment industry.

6 mins

From Something Old To Something Newish

The second-hand clothing market is booming. Saving money is a factor, of course, but so is consumers’ desire to shop more ethically and create less waste.

8 mins

Do You Have Patriarchy Stress Disorder? (Short answer: YES, you do)

Forget the glass ceiling; the final frontier of women’s liberation lies in our own biology, says Russian-American psychologist Dr Valerie Rein. She believes that ancestral trauma – specifically, thousands of years of patriarchal oppression – has led to trauma adaptations passed down through generations that still imprison us. She calls it patriarchy stress disorder, and this is how it works.

10 mins

Why Dolly Parton Is A Feminist Icon

Dolly may be knocking on 76 but she’s busier than ever – recording, acting and even funding Covid-19 research.

10+ mins

A Long Weekend In The Elgin Valley

About an hour’s drive from Cape Town lies the Elgin Valley, ‘the place you drive through on the way to Hermanus’. It’s worth stopping over, however, as we discovered during a long weekend spent cycling, hiking and tasting wine in the valley…

7 mins

10 Money Lessons To Help You On Your Road To Riches

Heed these 10 money lessons from the super wealthy to help you on your road to riches.

6 mins

Shaking Off Misconceptions

Parkinson’s disease is the second-most common age-linked neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s, yet few know its symptoms beyond the shakes. The reality is that many sufferers don’t shake – and because they don’t know the other signs, they don’t seek treatment early that may help slow its progress.

9 mins

A Light Touch

We’re countering the cold by layering lightweight fabrics and contrasting menswear-inspired pieces with feminine elements.

3 mins

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