The Emotional Cost of Modern Womanhood: The Invisible Labour Women Are Still Carrying
A collective sigh of resignation can be heard from women across the world – a shared defiance in the face of suffocating societal norms. A significant cultural shift is underway, one in which women are no longer willing to continue paying the emotional cost that patriarchy has non-consensually imposed upon them in modern womanhood. In […]
The Invisible Rules of Modern Womanhood No One Explains to You
There is no moment when the terms and conditions are explained in modern womanhood. No contract presented, fineprints explained or signatures required. And yet, most women move through adulthood with a working knowledge of the invisible rules: how much ambition is acceptable before it becomes arrogance, how visible youth must be preserved before it affects […]
Career, Marriage, Success: The Life Timeline We’re Taught to Want
When I was little, I always dreamed of growing up and getting married. I’d watch Disney movies on every single weekend, enamoured with the notion of a prince coming to save a damsel in distress and steal her heart away. That the meaning of life could be so simple, so easy. It’s something that’s been […]
A Love Letter to the Strong Women in My Life
To be loved by the strong women in my life means to be heard, seen, understood, valued, put in your place, laughed at and cried with.
Like All Those Before Me: Women Through History and the Journey for Gender Equality
This International Women’s Day, we acknowledge the history and journey for gender equality the women before us, around us and the women to come will experience.
What Relationships Have Taught Me about Love
Five lessons about love from three generations.
Green Flags to Look for in a Relationship
Are you in a Jim and Pam relationship? Here are five green flags to look for in a relationship according to a psychologist.
The Wedding Is Cancelled. Should I Give My Engagement Ring Back?
We asked journalist and founder of The Cut Jewellery, Talitha Cummins, to weigh in on what she sees people do with their unwanted engagement rings.