Letter of Complain

Dear Editor

I'm writing to express my concern about an advert which appeared on page 35 of your magazine last week. I found it to be misleading and sexist.

The advert, which is for a beater, claims to buy a excellent new product. However, it contains a photograph of a young couple where we can find a man with a formal suit and a woman with a chef's hat. It suggest man gives the beater to his wife. This is misleading because try to express women have to be at home.

Furthermore, the advert uses a too high level of sexism. It contains a written which says women are for cooking and be at home. Nowadays women are not just for being at home, we can do a lot of things and I think we have shown we can do the same or more than a man.


I am a regular reader of your magazine and I have always found it to be interesting and informative especially for active women.

Unfortunately, this high standard is greatly reduced by the inclusion of sexist adverts such as this one.
Therefore,I urge you to remove it from your next issue and check all future adverts more carefully.

Your faithfully
Independent Woman 

Book Review

The Horla

I read a book recently called The Horla. It's a thriller by Guy de Maupassant, and it's really interesting - I couldn't put the book down! It's also very mysterious and made me think about how impressive can be our own mind.
Most of the action take place in a coastal town from France. The main protagonist Guy de Maupasant, who is also the writer, is an upper class man who looks for a house to get relax from the hustle and bustle of his life.
While Guy de Maupasant spends more time in the house, begins to realize that in the house there is something strange, a sort of spectrum who "plays" with his mind. The protagonist takes action against the Horla how he names it, but nothing seems to work. He gets so obsessed with this "ghost" that he decides to burn his own house.                                                                                                           

I really recommend this book because it deals with suspense and at the same time it is very intriguing. You get totally involved with the characters, especially because you can feel The Horla "attacks" your mind too, and one of the most interesting parts is the end of the story because is completely unexpected. There's no a movie from the book but I assure is not necessary because the book gives you everything.