Why Has Education Become Something to Survive?
For many families, the school year is punctuated by countdowns. How many weeks until half term? How many days until the summer holidays? How many years until GCSEs are over?
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Why Do We Still Praise Women for Taking Up Less Space?
There are certain compliments that have become so woven into everyday conversation that we rarely stop to think about what they really mean. We tell friends they look amazing. We tell colleagues they look well. We ask whether someone has lost weight, usually with a smile and every intention of making them feel good about themselves. These comments are almost always offered kindly, which is perhaps why they have escaped scrutiny for so long. Yet they reveal something rather unsettling about the way we continue to value women.
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