Sometimes resistance looks like a spider plant, a pair of pants, or a tampon in your purse. This episode uncovers the feminist history hiding in everyday life—houseplants, bicycles, tampons, and kitchen tables. From Victorian parlors to queer plant havens, we trace how women turned care into rebellion and domestic space into power. Share A Story For The Book: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WjDOizKSzTc3cANHylR8vBYjSYaIyfDz361RMCpAK8A/edit Sources & Resources https://katieandjayfillmore.my.canva.site Pinkpill Shop: https://pinkpillrx.etsy.com/listing/1790887598 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PinkpillRx?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Email us: PinkpillRx@gmail.com
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Just a little context about the word spinster when used in an official and legal documents. In England the term has been used for centuries including on census records etc. You are absolutely correct about the derogatory use of the word in society, but on legal documents (before it was used in a derogatory way) the term simply meant a woman, who had never been married, regardless of age and had no judgement affixed. The male equivalent was bachelor and so maybe this house buying document still had the legal old English text as is common in English law. Obviously it can be argued whether this should be updated because of what connotations the word implies in society today.