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A quick way to understand Equality Without Distinction (EWD), grab the free resources, and see how the book fits into the wider mission.
🌍 1) Equality Without Distinction (EWD)
What the philosophy means — and why it matters. A short, accessible introduction. (~2 min)
📄 2) Free Downloads
Op-ed and policy brief you can read, share, or use — useful even if you never buy the book.
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A Mission for the Past, Present, and Future
This project is about more than one book — it’s about how we live now, and how we treat each other.
This site exists because I don’t believe history, philosophy, or clarity should belong only to institutions, paywalls, or those with the loudest voices.
I write about forgotten histories — especially women’s voices erased or diminished over time — but this project was never only about the past. It’s about how we live now. How we think. How we treat each other. And how easily power reshapes truth when it goes unchallenged.
At the centre of everything here is a philosophy I call Equality Without Distinction (EWD).
It’s the belief that people should be valued for what they contribute, not reduced to labels, categories, or identities imposed on them.
- Not gender.
- Not background.
- Not belief.
- Not status.
That idea didn’t arrive as a slogan. It emerged slowly — through studying history, questioning authority, reading ancient philosophy, and living with mental health struggles that forced me to examine the world more honestly than comfort allows.
There was no single moment of awakening. Just patterns: patterns of how societies justify inequality; patterns of how power decides which stories matter; patterns of how certainty is often used to silence doubt.
History taught me to distrust single narratives. Philosophy taught me to live without borrowed certainty. Mental health taught me the difference between clarity and survival — and how necessary both can be.
That’s why much of what you’ll find here is free.
Not because it has no value — but because connection does.
I’ve seen too many spaces where reflection, ethics, or “self-improvement” are turned into gated products. This project moves in the opposite direction. If something helps people think more clearly, question more honestly, or feel less alone in a noisy world, it shouldn’t be withheld.
The books support the work. The downloads share it. The philosophy grounds it. And the rest — the conversation — belongs to all of us.
This isn’t about telling people what to think. It’s about encouraging people to look again, ask better questions, and resist easy answers — especially when those answers come from power.
If you want to understand the philosophy behind all of this, Equality Without Distinction is the best place to start.
Whether you’re here to read, reflect, share, challenge, or quietly observe — you’re already part of it.
The past isn’t finished. The present isn’t fixed. And the future is shaped by those willing to question.
📝 What Readers Say
“History class got a feminist reboot. Forgotten women rise, patriarchy cries. Darren Palmer understood the assignment.”
— Robin’s Review on Reedsy Discovery
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