In the shitstorm that broke over the head of poor Samantha Brick last week, after she wrote a piece for the Daily Mail, claiming other women hated her for her looks, I was struck by how often we fail to distinguish between envy and jealousy. Brick was at it her original piece, saying she was held back at work by a female boss who was "jealous of her", and in her follow-up, saying her husband dismissed the initial reaction to her claims as "the spiteful remarks of a few jealous women". Ruth … [Read more...]