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Dear Love Letter, Where Have You Gone?

Detail of French painter Auguste Toulmouche's work "The Love Letter" (1883), showing a woman wearing a pink dress reading a letter
Auguste Toulmouche's "The Love Letter" (1883) Art Renewal/Wikimedia Commons

Whatever happened to the love letter? Many are sitting in literary archives, while today’s youth prefers WhatsApps and emojis.

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Society Women Worldwide

Women Of Disquiet: A Loud, Hard ‘No’ To Portugal’s Paid Housewife Scheme

The body of the writer Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen being moved to the National Pantheon in July 2014.
The body of the writer Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen being moved to the National Pantheon in July 2014. Atlantico Press/ZUMA

A right-wing association of men in Portugal wants housewives to be recognized for their work — but in doing so wants to make sure that housework is something that is only connected to the female gender. Stop right there.

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