This piece argues that gossip, often dismissed as negative, played a vital role in empowering women in 19th-century colonial societies by enabling them to share hidden truths, resist patriarchal control, and build community knowledge.
Stacked weekly counts; colour by lean. “n/a” covers government and iwi-Māori sources where lean isn't applicable.
How this topic has been named, week by week. A new alias winning out is usually a framing shift.
How the news corpus has covered this same topic over the last 12 weeks. 1 article from RNZ, Stuff, NZ Herald, ODT, 1News, Newsroom and The Spinoff. Click through to the press view for the full panel.
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women's grassroots knowledge challenges official narratives
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