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As social and welfare structures that were designed to provide a safety net against social risks and ills are being aggressively dismantled—with the greatest costs of this process inflicted on women, children, people of color, disabled people, and the elderly—confidence emerges as a gendered technology of self, directed predominantly at women and r
... See moreRosalind Gill • Confidence Culture
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with curiosity and compassion.
Dr Julie Smith • Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?: The Sunday Times bestseller, with over 1 million copies sold
It is associated with an outstanding scholar, William Buckland, the son of a Dorset clergyman who had lost his vision in an accident.
Ronald Hutton • Pagan Britain
In late 18th-century England, women had very few rights. Philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft was frustrated that this lack of rights limited a woman’s ability to be independent and make choices on how to live her life. Instead of arguing, however, for why women should get rights, she recognized that she had to demonstrate the value that these rights wo
... See moreRhiannon Beaubien • The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts
‘A mother’s choices are limited by extortionately priced, inflexible, inaccessible childcare. A mother’s choices are limited by maternity pay that is well below the national living wage. A mother’s choices are limited by the rising cost of living, which means most families need two incomes to cover their basic costs.1 A mother’s choices are limited
... See moreJoeli Brearley • The Motherhood Penalty: How to stop motherhood being the kiss of death for your career
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