Spinsterhood Reimagined
Are you single, childfree, and tired of the stigma attached to your 'spinster' status? Are you actually having an awesome time, loving your life because of the freedoms afforded to you as a result of being alone and not having kids? Or are you not quite there yet? Either way, this is for you.
This is the podcast where we're going to reclaim the word spinster, where we're going to redefine what the word means, and where we're going to reimagine the outdated narrative around spinsterhood.
Because the truth - the big secret that no-one seems to realise or acknowledge - is that, actually, being a spinster rocks. This podcast will also look at the subject of personal growth and how, as spinsters, we have the luxury of being able to spend time becoming the people we truly want to be; the best versions of ourselves. Because, after all, isn't that what we all want?
Every week I'll release either a 'solo' episode in which I'll ruminate on the many different aspects of being single and childfree - and why they get to be brilliant - such as holidaying alone, living alone, identity, finding your purpose, being an auntie, freedom, opportunity and much, much more; or an episode with an array of fantastic guests with whom I'll be having interesting, inspirational and insightful conversations around the same themes.
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Spinsterhood Reimagined
The One Where I Talk To Sociology Professor, Dr Ketaki Chowkhani
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In this week's episode, I talk to professor Ketaki Chowkhani.
Dr Ketaki Chowkhani is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Manipal Centre for Humanities. Single and childfree herself, Ketaki designed and teaches India's first ever course on Singles Studies, and her writing on singlehood has appeared in the New York Times, The Hindu, Psychology Today, and Square Peg UK, among others. Her writing and teaching on singlehood has been mentioned in The Guardian, the New Statesman UK, and The Hindu.
Topics that Ketaki & I cover are:
- her story around being single and childfree;
- how her conviction about single life being right for her has been a gradual process;
- how both of us feel as though we’re ‘single at heart’;
- how Ketaki came to create and teach India’s first course in single studies;
- the one main difference between being a single woman in India and being a single woman in the west;
- how Ketaki’s parent have responded to her life choices in terms of being single;
- the pressure she has had to deal with from her extended family;
- her essay in Angelica Malin’s book, Unattached;
- being a trailblazer for single women;
- some of the ways in which singles are discriminated against, and the common stereotypes;
- Ketaki’s research into what is making single hood possible / easy or not, i.e. housing, laws, and what can be done to improve things;
- how provisions for single people can affect whether or not someone stays in an abusive relationship, and how important it is to make singlehood desirable;
- reclaiming the term ‘spinster’ which Ketaki also uses in her Instagram handle!
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Read Ketaki’s essay in Angelica Malin’s book, Unattached (UK Link):
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unattached-Essays-Singlehood-Angelica-Malin/dp/1529110394
US Link to the book:
https://www.amazon.com/Unattached-Essays-Singlehood-Angelica-Malin-ebook/dp/B0946G7RX7
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