Tag Archives: feminist
Editing my daughter’s life chances (er, or her Fairy Tales at least)
I joked once about how we have changed the words to “This Little Piggy went to market” – creating a more liberal, less Capitalist version. We did that with vegetarian tongue firmly in hippy cheek but as Ramona grows older … Continue reading
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Tagged fairy tales, feminist, feminister motherhood, nursery rhymes, Parenting
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Routine Schmoutine – the tyranny of parenting Must-Dos
You know when you read something that makes your heart leap? It was a sentence from a mother that I could have written myself, it just resonated that much. It was Adrienne Rich, a famous feminist mother who has since … Continue reading
Vandalism for my daughter’s sake
I was sitting on the train today and scoped out the poster above my head for a leading political rag. The cartoon depicted a husband reading a business paper and the wife in the doorway heaving in a load of … Continue reading
