by Jay Crisp Crow | Dec 30, 2021 | Featured, Life Hacks
During my 6 years of single parenting, I made quite a lot of lists. Including a checklist for potential future husband. My current husband did not tick most of the boxes.My list looked a little like: – must be financially settled- doesn’t have younger...
by Jay Crisp Crow | Dec 10, 2021 | Featured, How Dare She? Series, Women + Eating The Patriarchy
The How Dare She? Series In 2018, my (then) 15 year old daughter and I started How Dare She? a social enterprise dedicated to creating a platform where women were encouraged to do the things they’ve been told they shouldn’t. We wanted to be part of...
by Jay Crisp Crow | Dec 3, 2021 | Chronic Illness + Disability, Featured, Women + Eating The Patriarchy
This week, I had an experience with a pharmacist who was not going to fill my prescription for some hardcore painkillers – a script I had literally just taken out of the hand of the treating Doctor in the Emergency Department. Before they filled my script, they...
by Jay Crisp Crow | Nov 18, 2021 | Body Positivity, Chronic Illness + Disability, Featured
To be honest, I’m partly writing this because I’m planning on hooking folk up with this blog link when they take a breath, eyes shining, about to inform me – poor me, the woman who obviously doesn’t know how to cure thyself – their...
by Jay Crisp Crow | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured, Life Hacks, Women + Eating The Patriarchy
A couple of years ago I lost one of my best friends from school. And not just school best friends. Her at my house the entire summer holiday best friends. First (and last, for over a decade) cigarette best friends. First time we got caught best friends. First time I...
by Jay Crisp Crow | Aug 10, 2018 | Chronic Illness + Disability, Featured, Women + Eating The Patriarchy
“But everything looks like it’s going so well on Instagram!” “Oh, I’ve seen your workshops advertised, you’re such a success, are you better?” And my personal favourite; “But you don’t look sick!” usually accompanied with, “You should try coconut oil/oh I think I have...