Wendy Parkins

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Wendy Parkins is an academic and author whose work explores the cultural politics of everyday life, with particular attention to food, domesticity and slowness. She brings a scholarly lens to questions about how we live and what our daily choices reveal about our values and desires. An Idle Woman examines the cultural significance of... idleness and the politics of women's leisure, drawing on history, literature and contemporary culture. Parkins writes with intellectual curiosity and a knack for making academic ideas accessible and engaging. Her audiobooks and books are thought-provoking listening for anyone interested in cultural studies, feminism and the surprisingly radical act of doing nothing. Read more Show less