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The systems shaping women’s lives aren’t broken. They were built this way.
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A Practical Guide to Matriarchy
The word "matriarchy" often conjures up many misconceptions. For some, it might sound like a flip of patriarchy—domination by women rather than men. But let’s set the record straight: a matriarchy isn’t about replacing one oppressive system with another. It’s about...
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POWER
Systems, politics, control.
Liberty Lost: Can it Be Regained?
The Empire Has No Clothes Once mythologised as the great experiment of modern democracy, the United States is now offering the world a tragic spectacle, not of external collapse, but of internal decay. The checks no longer check, the balances no longer balance, and...
A Lullaby for Gaza: When Babies Starve and the World Shrugs
They say that silence is complicity. But what about the silence that stretches across oceans, that hums beneath headlines, that cloaks itself in diplomacy and geopolitical nuance? What about the silence that echoes while United Nations officials warned that thousands...
MONEY
Cash, autonomy, economics.
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...
Podcast Episode 25: Rachel Allan and When Business Meets Baby
Welcome to Podcast Episode 25 and today I’m chatting with Rachel Allan from When Business Meets Baby. Rachel understands that business success can be achieved by all, and her passion is to help others to achieve their business dreams also. Rachel’s...
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.