Tag: writing

• 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 ›

• Before Patriarchy: When Women Held Knowledge

  Nov 2

  Minoan Snake Goddess figurines, c. 1600 BCE, Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. “There was a time when divinity had a woman’s face.” – Marija Gimbutas. For millennia, before the rise of kings, priests, and… more ›

• Chapter Five: The Twentieth Century – From “Surplus Women” to Second-Wave Feminism

  Oct 4

  Introduction The twentieth century brought profound transformations in the lives of single women. Demographic upheavals, particularly following the two World Wars, produced large populations of unmarried women who could not… more ›

• Chapter One -Medieval Roots -Unmarried Women and Business

  Oct 4

  Introduction The medieval period (c. 1100–1500) provides the earliest substantial records of single women’s participation in economic life. Unlike married women, who were legally subsumed under the doctrine of coverture,… more ›

• The Single Woman as a Historical Subject

  Oct 4

  Introduction Aims of the Study This book examines the history of single women from the medieval period to the present, exploring how they have been defined, represented, and positioned within… more ›

• Fact-Checking Got Me Flagged—On International Women’s Day. The Irony Is Real.

  Mar 11

  So, let’s get this straight: all I did was fact-check Trump, Farage, and Musk—three men with very interesting relationships with the truth—and now my account is flagged for inauthentic behavior?… more ›