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Three Women in the Kitchen
Three women in a South-West London kitchen, on a scorching summer afternoon. The only cool room in the house. Only the red setting sun peers through these windows. Three women in a South-West London kitchen. One, in the early Spring … Continue reading
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Tagged fairy tales, fortune telling, katherine gregor, magic, scribe doll, women, writing
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Female Solidarity?*
A couple of years ago, my colleagues and I were watching BBC News 24 during our lunch break. There was a report about the Chilean miners trapped underground for several weeks. Finally rescued, the men were telling the interviewer about … Continue reading
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Tagged female behaviour, female interactions, feminism, gender, katherine gregor, musings, scribe doll, women, writing
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Odds & Ends: A Mother-in-Law to Smash all Stereotypes
When I was getting a divorce, twelve years ago, my mother-in-law said, “I want you and I to remain friends.” I muttered some polite platitude in return. Friends with the mother of the man with whom I was engaged in … Continue reading
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Tagged family, katherine gregor, life, mother-in-law, musings, relationships, scribe doll, women, writing
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