ANALYSIS • SYSTEMS • POWER
The systems shaping women’s lives aren’t broken. They were built this way.
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The Heroine’s Journey, or: How One Man’s Theory of Myth Became the Screenplay of the Western World
There is a moment in the 1980s that ought to sit closer to the centre of film history than it does. Maureen Murdock, a Jungian analyst who had studied with Joseph Campbell, brought him a question that sounded almost ordinary. If there was a Hero’s Journey, what was...
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POWER
Systems, politics, control.
“Matriarchy” Is the Wrong Word for the Right Concept
...there's a better term, a documented history, and a reason you weren't taught either. We’ve been arguing about the wrong word. When people look for an alternative to patriarchy, “matriarchy” tends to arrive almost automatically, because it feels like the obvious...
On Finding the Truth in a World of Spin
We live in a time where information is everywhere but clarity is scarce. Every headline, news report, and every viral video seems to come with its own flavour of bias. Between corporate interests, government spin, and the rise of alternative outlets with their own...
MONEY
Cash, autonomy, economics.
Top 10 Ways To Save Money Creatively
One dollar here...another one there! In April 2018, viral video of a mother teaching her child financial responsibility went online. Lynn Brooks posted it on Facebook, which included a “work schedule” that included chores and school for her daughter, Londyn. Many...
5 Financial Foundations You Must Have In Life
Remember the story about three little pigs and the big bad wolf? Two little pigs built their houses quickly, one from sticks and one from straw, so that they could sing and dance and play all day while the third little pig worked hard, built a solid house of bricks...
HEALTH
Medical bias, bodies, care.
Quit Feeling Obligated to Follow Opinions Over Counsel
Why do we feel so obligated? We are all guilty of letting the opinions of others influence how we feel. We are also all guilty of letting certain people in our life breathe influence over our souls even when we know they are not on our same frequency. Is it because we...
Why getting a dog when WFH will help with your mental health
During the lockdown we've seen a huge surge in people buying puppies. The BBC reported that Households buy 3.2 million pets in lockdown. With so many more people working from home and spending more time at home than ever before, it's been a bit of a no brainer to get...
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Smart Healthy Women began as a wellness publication, but it didn’t stay there for long.
Because it turns out you can’t talk honestly about women’s health without talking about power. Or money. Or control.
What started as a space for wellbeing became something sharper, It’s a place to examine the systems shaping women’s lives, and who they actually serve.
Today, Smart Healthy Women is an independent feminist media platform covering power, money, health, and culture, not as isolated topics, but as connected forces.
Because the systems aren’t broken. They were built this way.
Understanding them is the first step to changing them.
Estelle Williams is the voice behind Smart Healthy Women.