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The systems shaping women’s lives aren’t broken. They were built this way.
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The Silent Epidemic: How the Medical System Lets Women Down
There’s a particular moment that tends to repeat itself, although it doesn’t always look the same on the surface. A woman sits in a doctor’s office trying to explain what's happening in her body, and somewhere in the exchange—sometimes subtly, sometimes quite...
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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.
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...
Do You Have A Douchebag Policy?
Why Working With Clients You Hate Is A Terrible Business Strategy You might be thinking, “a client’s a client” but that’s not true. If your customers are all douchebags… they’re hurting your business, they’re hurting you and this is why you need a policy to get rid of...
HEALTH
Medical bias, bodies, care.
Parenting a child with autism solo (while trying to build a business…)
From surviving (just) to thriving. There is nothing scarier than your baby going stiff and turning blue as they gasp for air. This seizure was how I first found out that there was something wrong with my beautiful 5 y.o. boy Harry. When I decided to have a baby solo,...
It’s Time to Wait and See What New Self Will Emerge from the Stillness of this Chaos
If you’re like most people, you may be experiencing an overwhelming sense of being trapped in a situation where you feel powerless. You listen to the news, and the more information you receive, the more powerless you feel. Because the truth is, everyone is in a wait...
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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.