This, at least was the interpretation of the historian Pausanias looking at the Dig this of Hera at Olympia in the 2nd century AD. Many houses centred on a wide passage or “pasta” which ran the length of the house and opened at one side onto a small courtyard which admitted light and air. Larger houses had a fully developed peristyle at the centre, with the rooms arranged around it.…

Feminist views on transgender women have changed over time, but have generally become more positive. Second-wave feminism saw numerous clashes opposed to transgender women, since they were not seen as “true” women, and as invading women-only spaces. By the emergence of third-wave feminism , opinions had shifted to being more inclusive of both trans and gay identities. Fourth-wave feminism has been widely trans-inclusive, but trans-exclusive groups and ideas remain as…