Mental load

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Mental load

Mental load is a term used to describe the fact that in our everyday life, we have to think about a lot of things : the shopping list ; the kid's appointment to the dentist ; the fridge that has to be cleaned ; etc. The french illustrator Emma has popularized this term with a comic in which she explains the fact that in a lot of couples, the woman has to take care of almost all these preoccupations. That's even true in couples where tasks are equitably distributed. For example, in a lot of couples, even if the man takes care of the housework as much as the woman, she often has to remind him "Could you please vacuum the living room before the guests come ?" "Could you help me to prepare the dinner ?" "Did you thinkt to buy milk ?" etc.
In this schema, both are sharing the housework, but the woman is way more concerned than the man, and always has to lead by defining what has to be done, when and who is in charge of which task.
Even if it doesn't seems to be something too serious, in the long run it could be exhausting for the person in charge of the mental load, because she has to deal with her housework and with her partner's housework by reminding him what he has to do, because without being asked, he often will not take the initiative. This is stressful, because you feel responsible for everything, and you never have time to rest, because there is always something to think about.
To avoid this problem, it's important that both members of the couple try to feel concerned for the housework and take initiative. The man's role is not to help the woman; both should be equally concerned by the mental load and help each other deal with it.

Of course, this is not the case for all couples. Sometimes the mental load is equitably distributed, sometimes it's the man who deals with too much mental load, sometimes one has more mental load but because the other has a really time-consuming work, etc. Emma doesn't criticize the partition of the mental load in those couples but invites us to think about whether we are not resting too much on the other when we could do more.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/26/gender-wars-household-chores-comic

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WHAT'S UP IN FRANCE #1 - Temudjin, a french comic book

Yesterday I was so happy to receive the second volume of Temudjin : a french comic book written by Antoine Ozanam and drawn by Antoine Carrion. (The book is edited by Daniel Maghen.)

It's been a long time since I found such a beautiful and poetic comic book with a wonderful story. Let me tell you about it. ^w^/

It's a journey inside the fantastic world of Mongolian myths. You follow Temudjin, the son of a blue wolf spirit and a human mother. Her destiny is to become the biggest shaman and unite the Mongolian people.

The first volume tells us about his childhood when he learned with the shaman Osbeg, his marriage with the spirit of the wood - called Ayami - and the discovery of his ancestral destiny. He is the reincarnation of Khan, and the Mongolian people need him to fight against the tyrant.

Day 6 in Lisbon

We called a taxi, which took us directly to the airport, and , I have to say, the taxi was very expensive. It cost us EUR 40, which was more than we expected. We checked in and walked around the airport; there were many cosmetics shops in it.
When we arrived in Lisbon, we called a taxi to go directly to the local woman's home. The host was nice, and she prepared some maps and a list of famous sites for us to visit. Meanwhile, she told us that if we got lost, just to follow the rail line. Her home was next to the rail line. Although you might have to walk a little farther along the road, you could arrive at her home fairly easily.
We took the electric bus to the famous site: Castelo de S. Jorge. It wasn't in our plan at first, so we bought tickets when we arrived. We didn't know much about the castle, just that the building was designed to defend against attacks. We walked around the building and also saw the whole scenery of the Lisbon. It wasn't a sunny day, so the sky was not blue.
We went home early because we have a lot of places to visit tomorrow.

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First one's right: 1900= nineteen hundred As for the others: 1907= "nineteen oh seven" (For some reason, we say "oh" for the zero here. You can also say "nineteen hundred and seven" but that sounds a little old fashioned) 2008= "two thousand eight" (no "and") or "twenty oh eight" 2010="two thousand ten" or "twenty ten" 2014= "two thousand fourteen" or "twenty fourteen" 2020= "two thousand twenty" or (you get the idea by this point) "twenty twenty"

The language here is very dramatic."Blowback" is a weapon-related metaphor meaning simply "reactions." That Republicans are "grasping for justification to match their outrage" means that Republicans are very, very unhappy (they are outraged) and they are trying to come up with sufficient reasons for why they are so unhappy. They are trying to make up something to justify their reactions.

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