by Danielle | Feb 2, 2010 | Blog, Family, Housework Blues (extract), Staying sane
As a person, it is irritating when people don’t do their fair share, but if you are at all feminist, it’s much more complicated. There are principles at stake. There is often the unspoken question: is it being left to me because I am the female? This incurs a wrath...
by Danielle | Jul 23, 2009 | Blog, Cleaning, Staying sane
It’s not often you’ll see the word feminist linked with the topic of housework. Surely, feminists don’t do housework..? Oh, but we do! A belief in equality is all well and good, but it won’t do the dishes or make the beds. And until the theory of equality reaches the...
by Danielle | Apr 2, 2009 | Blog, Homemaking, Staying sane
The ‘Not Enough Hours In The Day’ Trilogy – Part II As a race, we humans have always had self-maintenance work to do. It’s part of survival. If you’re alive, it goes with the territory. So why, with all the modern advancements at our disposal, do we struggle to find...