An excellent Xmas present, this book is an absolutely beautiful (presumably true) story about a woman living in the countryside during the pandemic (normally she is a jet-setting urban dweller) who finds a tiny hare leveret exposed in the grass while on a walk and takes it home. Such a… Continue reading
Another historically focussed feminist book which caught my eye: Immaculate Forms, Uncovering the History of Women’s Bodies by Helen King, is a fascinating description and analysis of how (particularly Western) society has represented women’s bodies over the historical period – from the Greeks onwards. [from the dust cover] ‘What ‘makes’… Continue reading
In the Netflix series, Marco Polo, set in the court of Genghis Khan, there is a wonderful little fight scene showing a strong Chinese woman despatching three soldiers. It is beautiful for me in that it is mostly uninhibited in its depiction of nudity – not in a salacious way,… Continue reading
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This is my latest interest: the cult of female modesty, and how it has subjugated women for millennia.I have just finished reading the above book by Victoria Bateman, and the easiest way to access the message is to look at her videos: The book (Naked Feminism: breaking the cult of… Continue reading
On Sunday 30th April, 2023, we had a brilliant gathering at Phoenix Barn to celebrate Beltane/Mayday eve: ‘for summer is a-comin’ today’….….there was an early start, before 4 pm, when Emily and Jenny arrived among the swirling mists, but most came a couple of hours later when the mist had… Continue reading
Fascinating and touching article from New Scientist about a scientist whose mum was from the Yanomami people, hunter gatherers and farmers from the Amazon Basin. https://andrewcorser.com/Amazongutmicrobiome.pdf
How to be happy, according to the longest-running study of happiness (New Scientist, 9 Jan 23): … With more than eight decades of data at hand, what is the most important thing you have learned? The big, surprising takeaway is how much having warm connections with other people predicts how… Continue reading
Sophie told us today (4th Oct 2022): ‘our friend Ross, the other witness at the wedding, is currently in the US and told me yesterday he was at the border of Mexico and crossed briefly at Amisted Dam and felt compelled to put some flowers down for Ben. They weren’t… Continue reading