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Self-isolation: Day two, things I’ve learned

March 18, 2020 By Ellen Leave a Comment

I think it was the piano that did it. Googling the piano, and wondering whether Amazon (or whoever) would be able to deliver it. In a dull moment (of which there have been surprisingly few) I found myself wondering about all the marvellous things we could learn during our initial isolation and all the long […]

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Mental load: at last, a name for that thing

July 1, 2017 By Ellen 1 Comment

You should have asked.  It’s the title of a comic strip in the Guardian by French feminist artist Emma. It beautifully describes a thing I’ve been clumsily groping towards for years. When you have all of the stuff for everyone in the house in your head, most of the responsibility for getting things done and, […]

Filed Under: family, feminism, Feminist, feminsim, feminsm Tagged With: feminism, gender, guardian, help, housework, mental load, Sexism

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