Making women scared to publicly say the definition of women is one of the most, if not *the* most, patriarchal behavior I can imagine.

The more I learn about the brain changes brought on by motherhood the more I begin to think of mothers as a distinct category of women, nearly as deeply structural as the pubertal divide of girls/women.

bostonglobe.com/magazine/2018/…

ah this isn't true, I'm from that neck of the woods and that specific bit of the river has actually dried out quite often in the past as it's pretty shallow, obviously we should be worried about climate change but no need to make it sound worse than it is

The Louisiana pregnant woman who was denied an abortion for a fetus without a skull is being represented by prominent civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump. He said the state of Louisiana put Nancy Davis in a 'horrifically cruel' position.

I’m really pleased to see the love for these designs. I did them! I worked in the Sainsbury’s design studio and Peter Dixon gave me the brief. I also did the illustrations.

dating advice from 4500 years ago

'highly educated working women increasingly value partnering with men who provide practical childcare and contribute to household chores. This counters the male breadwinner model, in which women seek out mates based on their ability to provide financially' osf.io/5wk86/download

Which European language am I reading?

Good morning..❤️

(Watercolour painting)

This series from Helen Lewis is one of the most brilliantly assembled, subtly provocative things I've encountered in ages. Went in with my own strong priors; came out with a lot of thoughts about the place of faith in society
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

🧵We’re excited to announce new campaign LOSS: Let Our Sisters Swim. Swimming is not only a great form of exercise & enjoyable leisure activity but also a vital safety skill. LOSS believes no woman should be excluded from swimming because she doesn’t want to undress with a male.

Great piece by Madeline Grant 🇭🇰🇺🇦 on how anti-child the UK has become telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/08/1…

I'm amazed they're really laying out the housing crisis on TV

inside you are two wolves. this is below the minimum viable population threshold, so they soon die out. the deer population inside you explodes, quickly stripping you of your internal vegetation. erosion increases, streams and rivers silt up, and insect numbers collapse due to ha

Nell Frizzell Shared private language. Silly names for things that wouldn’t make sense to anyone outside, listening in. I want to read (or write) a piece about the grief and loss of syntax (incl nicknames) when you split