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08/31/2026

It really does take a village. ❤️

Humans were never meant to raise children alone. Alloparenting, which is care provided by grandparents, relatives, friends and other members of the community has been part of human child rearing for thousands of years.

The Grandmother Hypothesis asks us to consider something fascinating: could the support of older women have actually helped our ancestors’ children survive and thrive?

Maybe the village was never just a nice idea. Maybe it helped make us human. 👵❤️

🎙️ Our full episode on the Grandmother Hypothesis drops this Friday.

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08/30/2026

What if menopause isn’t the end of our biological usefulness, but part of the reason humans have survived and thrived? 👵🔥

The Grandmother Hypothesis is an evolutionary theory suggesting that women may live long past their reproductive years because grandmothers played an important role in helping their children and grandchildren survive.

In other words… maybe evolution knew exactly what it was doing when it kept older women around. 😉

We’re digging into the science, the history, and what this theory says about the value of women as we age.

🎙️ The Grandmother Hypothesis — coming this Friday on Murder of Crones.

08/27/2026

Does a wage equal value?

We tend to measure the value of work by the money attached to it. But what happens when some of the most essential work in our lives comes with no paycheque at all?

Planning meals. Remembering appointments. Managing schedules. Buying groceries. Caring for children and aging parents. Keeping track of birthdays, school forms, medications, laundry, household supplies, and a thousand other invisible tasks.

Women still disproportionately carry this unpaid labour. And because no one sends an invoice for it, it can become almost invisible.

Unpaid doesn’t mean unimportant.
Invisible doesn’t mean effortless.
And no wage does not mean no value.

How much would the mental load be worth if we actually had to pay someone to do it?

Feminism is not Misandry🐦‍⬛Feminism and misandry are not the same thing. Calling out misogyny, sexism, or inequality isn...
08/23/2026

Feminism is not Misandry🐦‍⬛

Feminism and misandry are not the same thing. Calling out misogyny, sexism, or inequality isn’t about hating men, it’s about challenging systems and behaviours that harm women. Feminism isn’t women > men. It’s women = men. ❤️

08/22/2026

Women don’t lack ambition, they often lack the freedom to pursue it earlier. When women are carrying more of the childcare, household management, emotional labour, and invisible mental load, there’s simply less time and energy left for public life. It’s no surprise that many women step into politics later, when caregiving demands begin to ease. Maybe the question isn’t “Why don’t women run sooner?” but “What are women carrying that makes running sooner so difficult?”

08/20/2026

How much of the mental load are we carrying because it truly needs to be done, and how much are we carrying because of the expectations we’ve placed on ourselves?

The perfect home, the thoughtful partner, the organized mom. Remembering every birthday, appointment, grocery item, school event, family need… and somehow making it all look effortless.

Maybe lightening the mental load isn’t only about asking others to carry more. Maybe it’s also about giving ourselves permission to care less about some things, lower the bar, and let some things go.

What could you stop carrying today? 🖤

08/18/2026

The gender pay gap isn’t just about what happens on a paycheque, it’s also about the unpaid work happening after the workday ends.

Women still carry a disproportionate share of the mental load, remembering appointments, planning meals, organizing schedules, anticipating what the family needs, and keeping the household running. That invisible labour takes time, energy, and often comes at a cost to women’s careers and earning potential.

The pay gap and the mental load aren’t separate conversations. They’re connected.

🎙️ We’re digging into the invisible work women carry in our episode on The Mental Load.

08/17/2026

The mental load isn’t just about doing the work, it’s about remembering, planning, anticipating, organizing, and making sure it all gets done. 🧠

In this episode, we’re unpacking the invisible labour that so often falls on women: the appointments, the groceries, the birthdays, the school forms, the emotional check-ins… and the never-ending list running quietly in the background.

If you’ve ever thought, “It would be easier if I just did it myself,” this episode is for you.

🎙️ Mental Load, because carrying what no one else sees is still carrying something.

08/14/2026

Apparently, it’s kinda chic to make this many misogynistic men angry.

But here’s the thing, this isn’t about hating men. We know, love, and appreciate the many good men who respect women, support equality, and aren’t threatened by women having a voice.

The misogynistic comments, they won’t silence us, they remind us why conversations like these matter.

So cheers to the good men, and to the others…Thanks for showing us how necessary this work is.

08/13/2026

Do you agree? 👇

Should women who experience severe menstrual symptoms, painful cramps, migraines, heavy bleeding, fatigue, or other symptoms that make working extremely difficult and have access to 2–3 days of government-funded menstrual leave each month when they genuinely need it?

Some argue it would recognize a biological reality and allow women to care for their bodies without losing income. Others worry it could reinforce workplace discrimination or make employers more hesitant to hire women.

What do you think: support, unfair advantage, or long overdue? 🩸

Let’s talk about it in the comments. 👇

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