Curious Woman’s Blog
Explaining Patriarchy to the boys
Recently I read three related Feminist Substack essays, which inspired me to try to explain something about Patriarchy to the men, young and old, closest to me in my own life. What I discovered in explaining how this problematic system affected others was that I...
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Caring about vs caring for
This week I'm wondering about the difference between caring about and caring for. Google AI tells me the difference is: "Care about" is emotional; "care for" is often active (looking after).I wrote a stream of consciousness thing about the two (before I asked google),...
Feminist essays on existential angst so you can let it go
This week I'm feeling grounded and focused. Inspired and informed by three seminal essays for women grappling with claiming personal and political power. Seminal because dating from the early days of second wave feminism in the late 1960s. And seminal because they...
This kind of love is stronger than hate
Recently i have been thinking about the insipid tragic romance of the Cure’s How Beautiful You Are. This week, thrown into contrast with Bad Bunny’s triumphant SuperBowl show, its narrowness and isolation are even more evident.You want to know why I hate you …...
How to keep moving in troubled times
This week, right now, I want to quit this outreach thing. I want to withdraw from trying to engage, trying to figure out what people want and how I can help. I want things to be easy. I had an amazing BioCranialSacral Treatment, at the end of which I was resting in...
Mind the gap between dream and reality
This week I'm acknowledging the gap between here and there. New beginnings, Australian of the Year - Katherine Bennell-Pegg, and living a curious, wondering life when you’re not an astronaut. How are all these things related?“And so if this is the garbled dirty...
A normal person wouldn’t do it!
This week I've been distracted with a few different things. I did have the presence of mind to record this unedited 10 minute audio, a retelling of what I shared with my weekly morning beach walk companion Janet - who it turns out is an excellent listener, though I...