Liberating Motherhood

5 days ago | zawn.substack.com | Zawn Villines

Note: Many of you have asked me for a list of book recommendations. I have a frequently-updated list here. You can also find tons of additional resources, links, info on submitting a question, and more on the Liberating Motherhood website. If you like this post, please consider heart-reacting and sharing to increase its visibility.

6 days ago | zawn.substack.com | Zawn Villines

I wanted to ask you about how I can create and encourage an equitable relationship I have just started being involved in the last 6 months. I have effectively been single for nearly 15 years, as I was so over substandard men. I thought I would be single until I died, and I was ok with that because I would rather that than be in an inequitable relationship like the ones I see around me.

1 week ago | zawn.substack.com | Zawn Villines

Note: Many of you have asked me for a list of book recommendations. I have a frequently-updated list here. You can also find tons of additional resources, links, info on submitting a question, and more on the Liberating Motherhood website. If you like this post, please consider heart-reacting and sharing to increase its visibility. This summer I’m revisiting some of the earliest Feminist Advice Friday questions, and updating my responses. Here’s a reprint, with a more detailed response.

1 week ago | zawn.substack.com | Zawn Villines

Note: Many of you have asked me for a list of book recommendations. I have a frequently-updated list here. You can also find tons of additional resources, links, info on submitting a question, and more on the Liberating Motherhood website. If you like this post, please consider heart-reacting and sharing to increase its visibility. People constantly ask me how I deal with the angry men and incels who hate me and want me dead. But it’s not the men in my inbox who upset me the most.

1 week ago | zawn.substack.com | Zawn Villines

This is a new version—with significant updates—of an older piece. I hope new readers love it, and that old readers learn something new. Understanding men’s bad moods is key to understanding patriarchy. No, really. My inbox is filled with letters from women whose male partners are a constant passive-aggressive presence in the home. They’re angry, but they pretend not to be. They’re mean, but they insist that women are just misinterpreting normal behavior.