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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man of fortune must be in want of a wife … Jane Austin ‘Pride and Prejudice’
Every time I read this quotation it makes me smile. This is such an ironic but somehow relevant quotation even two hundred years or so after she wrote it. Upon close examination this quotation underlines the realities of marriage as opposed relationships of the romantic type of relationships explored by the Brontes and latterly popularContinue reading “It is a fact universally acknowledged that a man of fortune must be in want of a wife … Jane Austin ‘Pride and Prejudice’”
Familial Violence Begins Where Silence Is Kept
Familial violence is never a private matter. Understand how silence, power and failed protection harm women and children, and why accountability matters.
Why Abuse Memoirs Matter to Public Safety
Abuse memoirs make private harm visible, challenge the silence around familial violence and strengthen the case for protecting women and children well.
What a Child Protection Policy Must Do in Practice
A child protection policy should do more than satisfy a checklist. It must name harm, centre children, require action and hold adults accountable in practice.
A Child Safeguarding Guide for Breaking Silence
This child safeguarding guide helps adults recognise harm, respond without blame and insist on protection, accountability and a child’s right to be heard.
Elizabeth Bennet… 100 per cent
Ironic and observational humour. This female character who I first read about in my teenage years. This character embodies the place of women in English society and the very real differences in both gender and class that has existed for hundreds of years. Here position in society, both as a woman and in terms ofContinue reading “Elizabeth Bennet… 100 per cent”
How to Heal Shame After Childhood Abuse Safely
Learn how to heal shame after childhood abuse with survivor-centred steps that restore truth, boundaries, safety and the right to be believed without blame
Childhood Trauma Does Not End at Childhood
Childhood trauma can shape safety, trust and adulthood. Naming what happened is not disloyalty – it is a step towards protection and healing for children.
Why Women’s Human Rights Must Begin at Home
Women’s human rights are not abstract promises. They are tested at home, in childhood and wherever institutions choose silence over safety and protection.