Is the word spinster still an insult—or is it ready for a comeback?
This post explores how the label has shaped women’s lives for centuries, from Jane Austen’s Miss Bates to today’s proudly independent, self-partnered women, and asks whether 2026 is finally the moment to rethink what being single really means.
#SingleWomen #ModernFeminism #WomenAndLanguage
https://alisonlittle.blog/2026/02/10/spinster/
Is the word spinster still an insult—or is it ready for a comeback?
This post explores how the label has shaped women’s lives for centuries, from Jane Austen’s Miss Bates to today’s proudly independent, self-partnered women, and asks whether 2026 is finally the moment to rethink what being single really means.
#SingleWomen #ModernFeminism #WomenAndLanguage
https://alisonlittle.blog/2026/02/10/spinster/
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Joanna Scutts discussing her book 'Hotbed: Bohemian Greenwich Village and Modern Feminism'

New York 1912, the Heterodoxy society, a meeting place for radical women thinkers, standing up for what they believed in

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Hotbed: Bohemian Greenwich Village and Modern Feminism

Joanna Scutts discusses Hotbed: Bohemian Greenwich Village and the Secret Club that Sparked Modern Feminism.

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