rachelhewitt.bsky.social
Writing books about women, feminism, trauma, abuse, grief, recovery, joy, the great outdoors, running, sport, history, maps. Free weekly Substack: https://rachelhewitt.substack.com
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plus all recipes ever? Message from home-flown-offspring "aubergine, onion, pepper, swede, what you saying?"
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Also a mental calendar, with reminders and alarms, for every school event, cooking lesson that requires ingredients, parents' evening, dentist's appointment, sporting fixture for every member of the household, school trip, birthday, teacher training day...
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Also clean, free places to pop in for a wee. x
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10.15 Saturday Night
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Coffee and TV?
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I realised the importance of women only space when a friend was invited to meet a minister to talk about women’s inclusion in peace negotiations… at the minister’s male only club. She had to get a letter to be allowed in. Radicalised me!
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And here: rachelhewitt.substack.com/p/how-change...
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If you’re interested and would like to read more, please visit my Substack newsletter, where this project will take place – the link is in my bio.
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Mount Ōmine, in Japan, prevents women from climbing more than halfway up, in case meditating monks become distracted. But, technically, because the path is public property, the ban is legally unenforceable.
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Women – who were so essential to the development of bobsleighing as a sport that it was mandatory for early 4-person teams to be mixed sex – were banned from participating in those teams in 1923; a ban which was only overturned in 2014.
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In Malaysia, women who gave birth abroad couldn’t confer their own citizenship onto the baby; meaning that women faced a choice between living abroad permanently; returning home without their child; or bringing the child, who would be stateless and not qualify for free education or healthcare
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In 2015 in India, women began the #HappyToBleed campaign against the Hindu temple Sabarimala, which banned any woman who might be of menstruating age, and suggested women wouldn’t be allowed until the invention of a period-detecting device
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In the US, there was briefly a state law that permitted women aged 18-20 to drink beer, but NOT their male counterparts. This was ruled unconstitutional in 1976.
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Women were banned from serving alcohol in New Zealand between 1910-1961; a ban which was actually fought for by female protestors who wanted to protect barmaids and clamp down on culture of male drunkenness and violence.
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In Thailand in 2019, men banned women from enrolling in its chief Police Academy, decimating numbers of female officers - despite the fact that the law states that women reporting rape can ONLY do so to a female officer.
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Some examples: after WW2, men in the UK, US and Australia banned women from entering pubs and bars. In the 1970s-80s, women protested: chaining themselves to the bar, storming pubs, and taking proprietors to court. In the UK, the ban was overturned in 1982.
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I wanted to call them Tess and Claudia, but my kids preferred Daisy (for the tabby) and Cleo (for the black kitten)
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This is so brilliant, Lyndsey! Huge congratulations xxx
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Haha, SO much. I just don't write about it.
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The sofa project is finished, and I've written about it, and upholstery - and why you should give it a go - in this week's newsletter. Perfect weekend reading! Link in bio.
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All done - just the big cushions to go. I can put away my staple gun for this bit
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Sofa update: just the back panel and 1 side panel to go - and the two sofa cushion covers
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It’s getting there! It’s a real labour of love
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I’ve got the sofa stripped, and I’ve made the base (to go under the main cushions) and the back. Matching the pattern is so hard!