Tag: mental-health

• Why Midlife Women Embrace Authenticity: A Neuroscience Perspective

  Dec 30

  It is not rudeness, it is neuroscience At some point in midlife, many women notice something quietly revolutionary. They speak more honestly. They apologise less. They stop bending themselves into… more ›

• The Silent Load: Why Women Still Do More Emotional Labour

  Nov 12

  Women still carry the emotional weight of family life, organising, remembering, and soothing others, even in supposedly equal partnerships. Here is why that matters. We have come a long way… more ›

• Marilyn Misread: Trauma, Misdiagnosis and the Case for Reinterpreting a Woman the World Thought It Knew

  Oct 25

  Introduction Marilyn Monroe has been written about more than almost any woman of the twentieth century. She has been framed as victim, genius, puppet, addict, manipulator, icon, saviour and symptom.… more ›

• Chapter Eight: Abuse, Trauma, and Protective Singleness

  Oct 8

  Introduction While many women in the twenty-first century embrace singleness as a form of autonomy or lifestyle choice, others arrive at it as a protective strategy. Experiences of childhood abuse,… more ›

• Prenatal paracetamol, autism risk, and leucovorin: what the strongest science really says

  Sep 23

  Does Paracetamol in Pregnancy Cause Autism? What the Evidence Really Says Why are people talking about this? You may have seen headlines claiming that taking paracetamol (acetaminophen) in pregnancy causes… more ›

• Shared Wounds, Silent Scars: A Comparative Study of Community Trauma after the Birmingham Pub Bombings and the 7/7 London Attacks

  Jul 3

  Introduction Terrorism not only aims to destroy lives but often reshapes the identity and cohesion of entire communities. The Birmingham pub bombings of 1974 and the London bombings of July… more ›

• Why Are Disability Benefits Being Cut? A Closer Look at the UK Government’s Strategy

  Jun 26

  Recent government proposals in the UK suggest substantial reductions in health and disability-related benefits, including changes to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Universal Credit. Analysis from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation,… more ›

• Abortion is Healthcare: Decriminalisation is Just the Beginning

  Jun 19

  On 18 June 2025, the UK Parliament voted to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales. This legislative shift repealed Sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act… more ›

• Sex-Based Differences in Pain Perception and the Role of the Biopsychosocial Model in Evidence-Based Practice

  May 14

  “Why are we learning this?” is a common question asked by healthcare students when introduced to evidence-based practice (EBP). Yet, when we take a closer look at the unequal treatment… more ›

• RFK Jr., Autism, and the Danger of Epidemic Rhetoric

  Apr 18

  Welcome to Curious Femme – where critical thinking meets compassion. On 16 April 2025, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered a highly publicised address claiming that autism rates have reached epidemic… more ›