CULTURE
Men Said Women Did Nothing. Then Women Did Nothing
There is something beautifully petty about proving a point by doing exactly what men claimed you were already doing: nothing. In 1975, Icelandic women took one day off. No paid work. No housework. No childcare. No invisible emotional logistics. No smiling support system in an apron pretending civilisation runs itself. And then, very inconveniently, civilisation coughed.
Men Said Women Did Nothing. Then Women Did Nothing
There is something beautifully petty about proving a point by doing exactly what men claimed you were already doing: nothing. In 1975, Icelandic women…
She Was Raped, Put on Trial, and Painted Her Revenge
Rome, 1612. A young woman stands in a courtroom surrounded by men who doubt her story. To prove she is telling the truth, the…
Do You Suffer? You’re a Woman. That’s Normal
That’s what we’ve been told for centuries. Not in a single sentence and rarely outright. More often between the lines, in doctors’ surgeries, in…
The Black Woman Who Beat White Men at Their Own Game
Madame C.J. Walker: how she became a millionaire and why we probably couldn’t handle it. Everyone wants her future. No one wants her past.Born…
