This post is part of a series beginning with On the traditional role of women. If you haven't read that, I suggest you read it first to glean some context on why I am writing this post. A traditional wife, as you might guess, is a woman who is married and chooses to stay at home full-time to dedicate herself to the affairs of running a household and childcare. That is, what women in the past traditionally set themselves up to become. This has and continues to exist in many cu

I will admit that on the spectrum of politics and moral ideology, I tend towards the conservative side. It's not a conscious decision, but rather a slow and passive realisation in my twenties. It showed itself in the way I reacted to social issues and breaking news, in the nuances I formed in my head whenever I'd reblogged something 'progressive' on Tumblr or argued a contrarian point on reddit, and the instinctive pull I feel towards older, more traditional values. One aspec

Recipe from Playgroup Victoria Ingredients 1 cup flour 1/2 cup salt 1 tbsp. cream of tartar 2 tbsp. oil 1 cup boiling water, with...