Invisible No More: Esteeming Housewives and Household Chores
By Tan Yu Kai
March 2022 FEATURE
THE DIALOGUE THAT follows may seem tenuous to some, or as Virginia Woolf has aptly stated, “bring one into very grave disputes with certain very good fellows.” I find it of some import to disclaim that I write this article to decry any assumption or expectation that the woman’s place is in the home.The Domestic SceneDebating whether to call her partner to commiserate, Ti puts down the phone. What good will come of it, speaking to one whom she suspects,...
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Tan Yu Kai
is a Penangite biologist-cum-artist passionate about human relationalities with the natural world. He is a triple major in Biology, Earth & Environmental Sciences and Anthropology, and was a Research Fellow at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
