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The Other Woman (Or: I’m no good at housework)

by Danielle | Feb 2, 2011 | Blog, Homemaking, Housework Blues (extract), Staying sane

  Inferiority is relative. It needs something or someone else to be compared to. A sense of inferiority arises from comparing ourselves to someone else, someone supposedly superior. Why do we do that? Is it helpful? Very often, it isn’t but it can be automatic and...

Have a Scarlet O’Hara Moment (Book extract from Housework Blues)

by Danielle | May 20, 2010 | Blog, Cleaning, Housework Blues (extract), Staying sane

So, you’ve spent your time cooking or cleaning or washing or ironing etc, then you look around a few hours later and the fruits of your labour are gone with the wind. Take a deep breath – it’s time for a Scarlett O’Hara moment. Tomorrow is another day It’s true...
It’s a Grrrl Thing (Book extract from Housework Blues)

It’s a Grrrl Thing (Book extract from Housework Blues)

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...
It’s a Grrrl Thing (Book extract from Housework Blues)

Keep it in the Family (Book extract from Housework Blues)

by Danielle | Nov 16, 2009 | Blog, Family, Housework Blues (extract), Staying sane

If, for whatever reason, you don’t take on external help (and even if you do – you’ll still have to tidy up before they come!), it makes sense to utilise existing labour sources. I’m referring to The Others. The people you live with. Now you may be thinking...
Housework – a good thing? (Part 2)

Housework – a good thing? (Part 2)

by Danielle | Nov 9, 2009 | Blog, Cleaning, Homemaking, Staying sane

Could it be true? (again) Now I am a self-confessed Undomestic Goddess. I am not naturally inclined to clean and tidy. I am a million miles away from the Perfect Housewife. And yet… The other day, I had a few precious minutes of un-spoken-for time on my hands...
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