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Still Their Roots. Even When They Don’t Say It.
Cathy Jones on the rise of the kidult — and why the messy middle of modern parenting is not a failure. It’s the work.
Plus: Jacqueline Kirk, Professor Fiona Wood, the death doula, Ha Long Bay, a Netflix review, women’s football, a short story, and the weekly tarot.
Read Issue 93 →The Woman They Could Not Erase: Jacqueline Kirk
She survived an unsurvivable thing and built something worth living inside of it. For twenty-one years, she refused.
The Death Doula: The Role Nobody Told You Existed
What it means to sit with someone at the threshold of life — and why you don’t have to be dying to need one.
Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, With Recipes — Reviewed by Pat Allchorne
A memoir about falling in love with a Frenchman — and with French cuisine, in equal measure. Pat defies you to read it without feeling hungry.
The Woman Two Governments Tried to Stop: Ruth Williams Khama
Fired, exiled, and called a threat to white supremacy. She became the first First Lady of Botswana.
The Surgeon Who Invented Spray-on Skin: Professor Fiona Wood AO
She grew up in a Yorkshire mining village, trained as a surgeon, moved to Perth, and invented spray-on skin. Then Bali happened.
The World Cup’s Dark Side: What the Data Says About Domestic Violence
The most watched sporting event on earth is also, consistently, when domestic violence peaks.
What Becomes Possible When It Is Safe to Notice
Jamie Tedrick-Monroe on awareness, safety, and the conditions for real change.
The Very Clean House on Morrow Lane
They bought it for £287,000 and a slow erosion of their collective sanity. The ghost has opinions about grout.
The Truth About Meat Temperatures: What Your Grandmother Knew and Your Thermometer Confirms
Mike Devlin on why that pink near the chicken spine is fine, pork can be a little pink, and your steak is not bleeding.
Healing Birth Trauma: How to Reclaim Your Body, Mind, and Motherhood
Laetitia Felix on what birth trauma really is, why the body holds it, and how healing becomes possible.
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder Season 2 — Darker, Sharper, Harder to Shake
Emma Myers delivers some of her finest work yet. Six compelling episodes.
FIFA’s Equal Pay Promise and the Widening Gap
Mike Devlin on why the 2026 World Cup numbers tell a very different story to FIFA’s stated ambition.
Ha Long Bay, Vietnam: Where Limestone Meets Legend
Limestone cliffs, jade-green water, and a legend about dragons that gave it all its name.
Reclaiming Your Voice Before the World Writes Your Story
Jess Garay on what the women at the end of life taught her about choosing herself while the pen is still in her hand.
From the Five of Pentacles to The Sun: A Reading That Moves from Hardship to Healing
Six cards for the week of 9 June. Read slowly. They have been waiting.
Issue 92 — He Created an Army. And We’re Not Standing Down.
Zoe Watts on drug-facilitated marital rape, waiving her anonymity, and the #EndEyeCheck campaign.
Recognising the Women
Behind the Work
Every day, women build audiences, share knowledge, and create content that genuinely changes lives — often without the recognition they deserve. The DWC Content Creator Awards exist to change that.
- 01 Podcast of the Year
- 02 Newsletter of the Year
- 03 YouTube Channel of the Year
- 04 Blog / Online Publication
- 05 Social Media Creator
- 06 Book / Self-Published Author
- 07 Emerging Creator
- 08 Community Builder
Square Billboard Prize Every finalist and winner on one of the world's biggest screens
Let the world know it.
The twelve moments that stopped the world
Mike Devlin's Most Important Goals in Football History
From Lucien Laurent's first-ever World Cup goal in 1930 to the Maracanazo, the Hand of God, and a 17-year-old Pelé announcing himself to the world — twelve goals chosen not just for brilliance, but for what they meant.
"Only three people have ever silenced the Maracanã — the Pope, Frank Sinatra, and me."
— Alcides Ghiggia, on his 1950 World Cup winner
Pat Allchorne's
Best Reads
Five books. Every month. Chosen by a woman who has spent her life surrounded by them. Pat Allchorne ran a 40,000-book shop for nearly twenty years — now she reads for the joy of it, and shares what she finds with DWC readers around the world.
"A book left on a shelf for a decade is a dead thing — but also a chrysalis, packed with the potential to burst into new life."
For nearly 20 years Pat ran a second-hand bookshop in Warrington — over 40,000 books on every subject imaginable. Now retired, she reads with the same joy she always has, especially when she discovers new authors.favourite book?
Twelve chapters. One honest reckoning.
Jamie Tedrick-Monroe on Redefining Love
What we were taught to call love — and what it actually requires. Twelve chapters on consent, dignity, safety, silence, and the slow work of building a definition that protects your humanity.
"Silence protects systems. It does not protect people."
— Jamie Tedrick-Monroe, Chapter 6
The Home of
Sir Archibald Fluffington
He is imperious, opinionated, and thoroughly convinced of his own magnificence. Sir Archibald Fluffington III — Fluff of House Biscuit, Emperor of the Side Table Realm — chronicles the indignities of domestic life entirely on his own terms.
"One meow, a tail wrap around her ankle, and a dramatic flop onto my side — voilà. I had secured a human."
Fluff of House Biscuit. Emperor of the Side Table Realm. Undisputed Duke of Disdain. Sir Archibald has endured much — toddlers, vets, expired yogurt — and he intends to tell you all about it.imperious cat in fiction?
Mike Devlin — Women in Sport
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The Women's Football Revolution That Everyone Saw Coming — Except the Men Who Run It
Attendances are up. Broadcasting deals are growing. Sponsorship interest is genuine. Mike Devlin looks at how women's football became the sport's fastest-growing story — and why the institutions are still, bafflingly, catching up.
Movie Review
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Still Here
A film about a woman who survives something unspecified, and what survives inside her. Denis works slowly and never explains herself — a form of respect, in cinema, that is rarer than it should be. One of the year's most quietly essential films.
Column
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The Friendships That Survive Everything — and the Ones That Can't
There is a kind of friendship that exists in the context of your life as it once was. When the context changes, so does the friendship — sometimes gently and sometimes all at once. The ones that didn't survive, and what I now understand about why that was right for both of us.
Mental Health
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What Happens in Your Brain During a Grief Wave — and Why That Matters
Grief is not linear, and it is not a character flaw. It is a neurological event that changes shape over time. Understanding what is happening physiologically can be one of the most compassionate things you do for yourself — or for someone you love who is carrying it.
Weekly Tarot Reading
Read in Full →What You Know Without Being Told
The High Priestess is the card of intuition, patience, and the quiet intelligence that lives beneath the surface. This week, she asks you to trust what you feel before you feel the need to explain it — to yourself or anyone else.
There is something you already know. The reading this week is a gentle insistence that you stop looking for permission to act on it.
The DWC weekly reading is offered as reflection and inspiration only.
In the News
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EU Passes Landmark Menopause Workplace Protection Legislation
Employers across the bloc will be required to make reasonable adjustments for employees experiencing severe menopausal symptoms. Advocates call it a meaningful first step; implementation guidance is still being developed.
View from Around the World
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What Turning 50 in Sydney Taught Me About Belonging
A midlife reckoning with community, identity, and the unexpected joy of beginning again in a city that never stops moving. Susan Park arrived in Sydney at 48, knowing no one. By 50, she had built something she hadn't expected to find again.
Voices that
don't look away.
Writers who go where it's uncomfortable — and come back with something worth knowing.
One commitment to truth.
Mind, Body & Soul
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Jamie Tedrick-Monroe on Healing With Humour: The Ultimate Guide to a Terrible Mindset
Awareness is the first step to change. Healing isn't about never slipping into negativity — it's about noticing when we do and finding the courage to step back into the light.
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Debi Barr On Why Women Need to Be Kinder to Themselves — and How to Start
We second-guess how we look, how we parent, how we work, how we show up for others. We push ourselves to be everything to everyone. It's exhausting — and far more common than you might think.
Michelle Wollaston On Why Your Body Still Remembers Trauma Long After It's Over
Most conversations about abuse focus on the moment it occurs. But for many women, the greater impact lies in what follows — long after the danger has passed.
Chook Sh*t Happens: Julie Hayes' Cruise Diary of Glamour, Grime, and White Shoes
My mum had a saying she'd pull out whenever I got a little too big for my boots. Years later, on my first cruise — she got me again.