The Fog of Hunger
From childhood, women are trained to restrict their appetite. And there’s a huge, hidden, cognitive price to pay for it
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Articles
Writing on how to prepare, and on what the test is actually asking of you.
Angels in the market
The heart-tug tactics of 1950s ads steered white American women away from activism into domesticity. They’re still there
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Maternal paradox
‘Scientific motherhood’ promised to create high standards for child-rearing. But it’s really a system designed to police women
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Nobody is home
From the footloose networker to the exiled migrant, home has been displaced by an idea that’s both elusive and contested
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Honey, I sold the kids
We have laws to protect children from factory work. Why aren’t they protected from parents who monetise their lives online?
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What the band descriptors actually ask for
The descriptors are a rubric, not a style guide. They reward being answerable, not being impressive.
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Reading faster without losing meaning
Speed is not the skill. Knowing which sentences carry the argument, and which merely decorate it, is the skill.
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