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Why Women Stay Silent after Discovering Men's Secrets
In a number of posts this year, I’ve written about a little-discussed but increasingly prevalent phenomenon: the posthumous discovery of secrets, after…
Oct 28
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Rachel Hewitt
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Finding new shapes for time in mid-life
"I am now undeniably in peri-menopause and it's changing my experience of the passing and purpose of time"
Oct 22
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Rachel Hewitt
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Long Read: The Lost History of the Widows' Liberation Movement - Part 1
How modern-day grief support groups originated with second-wave feminism, and with one woman in particular
Sep 18
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Rachel Hewitt
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Bereavement and its Gendered Inequalities
Is grief really a 'universal experience'? I think not.
Sep 5
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Rachel Hewitt
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Going on holiday as a solo parent for the first time(s)
My advice: keep the stakes and expectations low
Aug 25
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Rachel Hewitt
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What happens when your husband dies and you discover he was keeping secrets?
And how to support a friend who has lost someone who may have been keeping secrets from them
Aug 12
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Rachel Hewitt
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In praise of not working hard
What if it's not true that 'everything that's worth doing involves hard work'?
Aug 6
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Rachel Hewitt
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From the archive: Offering support after catastrophic bereavement
What helped me...and what didn't
Jul 22
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Rachel Hewitt
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We Need New Scripts for Grief
Stories of bereavement are dominated by one particular myth of a 'good grief', but this leaves sufferers of 'complicated grief' alone and unsupported.
Jun 17
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Rachel Hewitt
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'Torture in England': campaigning for an end to male violence against women - and animals
Yesterday, my daughter’s rabbit - named Pocketrocket, or Pocket for short - died.
Jun 14
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Rachel Hewitt
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Trusting Our Female Intuition: or, as I prefer to say, our observation skills
How do we learn to listen to our Brunos?
May 23
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Rachel Hewitt
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Small Revolutions, Every Day: Feminist Life Advice for Very Hard Times
I’ve taken the decision to rename this Substack - to Small Revolutions, Every Day - to better reflect my intentions for it.
May 19
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Rachel Hewitt
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