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Is Substack unsafe now that Andrew Tate is here? Feminist Advice
This is the last week of my semi-annual membership drive, after which prices will go up.
11 hrs ago • Zawn Villines
I'm extending my sale. This is your last chance to get a discount before prices rise.
There's still time to get a membership discount before prices go up.
May 24 • Zawn Villines
This is how men 'prove' they're not misogynists.
Nothing says 'nice guy' like defending rapists and threatening women.
May 23 • Zawn Villines
What Are Daughters Obligated to Give Parents Who Failed Them? Feminist Advice (paid subscriber bonus)
A reader wonders what she owes a mother who was both abuser and victim.
May 22 • Zawn Villines
He finally gave me equality--and now he's punishing me for it. Feminist Advice (paid subscriber bonus)
She managed to get her husband to do more household labor, but now he has found new ways to be abusive.
May 22 • Zawn Villines
The hidden patterns of abusive people.
Abuse is rooted in entitlement. Here's how abusive people reveal their entitled ideology before the exploitation starts.
May 21 • Zawn Villines
'Men are protectors': The myth that collapses under women's actual experiences
Men are not protectors and providers. In women's lives, they function more often as predators and thieves.
May 21 • Zawn Villines
3,000 women on sex and sexuality: Results of the 2026 Liberating Motherhood sex survey
More than 3,000 women told me about their sexual experiences. Here's what they said.
May 20 • Zawn Villines
Inimai Chettiar: Fighting for Women's Legal Rights
Inimai Chettiar discusses her work to fight for women workers' legal rights, as well as the effects of mass incarceration on women. She also shares her…
May 20 • Zawn Villines
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The Ways We Accidentally Teach Our Daughters to Normalize Abuse by Men
The indoctrination into the normalization of shitty relationships begins in childhood, and sets girls up for failure.
May 19 • Zawn Villines
The myth of scorekeeping
Patriarchy tells women not to keep score because it doesn't want them to see how unfair things really are.
May 19 • Zawn Villines
Is snooping abuse, or self defense? Feminist Advice
A reader wonders whether and when it would be ok to snoop on an abusive partner.
May 18 • Zawn Villines
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