IN THE year 2018 there are women all across the world who are still competing in a male- dominated sphere.

Whether it is fighting for equal pay or the recent storm of sexual assault claims that sparked the Time’s Up campaign, for many women they believe there is still a lot to do.

For feminist author Kathy Lette, she believes the incredible support women show one another is a key example of how great they are.

“I firmly believe that women are each other’s human wonder bras – uplifting, supportive and making each other look bigger and better,” she tells The Gazette.

“Women don’t have equal pay, plus we’re getting concussion hitting our heads on the glass ceiling, plus we’re expected to clean it while we’re up there.

“Any woman who calls herself a post-feminist has kept her wonder bra and burnt her brains as we still have a long way to go.”

Lette has built a reputation of being very open with her writing and having penned her first novel at the age of 17.

It is her tongue-in-cheek yet unapologetic approach to her subject matter which has seen her reputation and fan base grow.

She added: “I always joke that I only write because it’s cheaper than therapy, but in part it’s true.

“I also write my books for other women. After I’ve experienced something – be it puberty, love affairs, marriage, childbirth, motherhood, divorce or whatever, I write a funny, pithy, witty novel about it, as a kind of literary self-help manual for other women.”

What makes Lette’s writing accessible is that it is produced with laughter and honest, and at her latest show Girls Night Out which comes to the Haymarket on Wednesday, 21 March, the Australian-born author talks poignantly about the trials, tribulations and hilarity of raising a child on the autistic spectrum.

“Women are funny,” Lette continues.

“After a girls’ night out, I have to be hospitalised from hilarity. I don’t know why men say that women aren’t funny.

“When we’re together, we strip off to our emotional underwear, and it’s a psychological strip tease which reveals all.”

The Girls Night Out show is an opportunity for the 59-year-old to explore her life experiences in a funny, care-free setting, but it is also about empowering other women to take pride in themselves and to support one another.

When asked what would people expect of the show she adds: “Joy, solidarity, hilarity, wit and wisdom. And a few good one-liners to tuck up their trouser legs with which to disarm misogynists.

“I also want younger women to feel confident about standing on their own two stilettos and not waiting to be rescued by any Knight in Shining Armani.”

Kathy Lette’s Girls’ Night Out will come to the Haymarket on March 21, for tickets and more information visit anvilarts.org.uk.