Surviving Daily

updated from January 2026 There was a time when being outside was practically a second education. I grew up in that generation. The one that makes young people watching Stranger …

“We are trying to help you. We are breaking gender norms.” Sam Morgan/@CrunchAlias on x.com: You are not in favour of “gender abolition”, you are in favour of gender totalitarianism. …

    updated from January 17 2025 We have gotten far too comfortable piling girls with all the no’s in the world. No, you can’t go there. No, you can’t …

We have become so accustomed to women arranging their lives around danger that we sometimes mistake their restricted movement for “freedom.” Knowing how to live around a restriction does not …

Before you accept the invitation, you start thinking about what you can bring. And somewhere between the grocery list and offering to come early to help, you forget that somebody …

Putting Yourself First Isn’t Selfish: What an Airplane Oxygen Mask Taught Me About Caring for Others Have you ever felt guilty for taking care of yourself before taking care of …

One thing about getting older and living through things is that you get to learn. If you choose to anyway.  Sometimes you learn lessons you never wanted to learn in …

Meet Black Survivors, advocates, and healing practitioners sharing their experiences with self-care, aromatherapy, body awareness, and reclaiming peace after trauma. Sometimes healing begins with something as ordinary as a warm …

Amongst Gen X, Boomers, and those blessed with more years, we have been having a conversation for a few years. About gender. When do we remember hearing that term first, …

Every so often, somebody starts a conversation about women changing their last names when they marry. And before long, people are making judgments about women abandoning their history, rejecting their …