Helen Marshall

There are three subtypes in the rapidly growing genre of ‘feminist social theory books’. One is the book which talks about ‘women and’ or ‘women in’ a specific area - the ‘herstory’ book designed to fill in gaps left in his official accounts of society. There were lots of these in the early seventies, but they’re getting rarer now as it becomes clear that we need a whole new narr ... (read more)

Wifework is a good term for the things that women have been doing in Western marriages for centuries. It evokes all those other phrases coined in the 1970s and 1980s by feminists that resonate in the consciousness of modern women (including many of those who preface any discussion of family life with the mantra ‘I’m not a feminist’). Wifework embraces the sacrifice of ‘the burnt chop syndr ... (read more)