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June monthly roundup
The news gets worse every day, but I’m going to try to stick to my main topics here: mothers and daughters, estrangement, abortion rights.
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This is Bad Mothers
A bit about how I found this topic and why it matters to me.
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The sickening necessity of the charm offensive, and when to drop it
It’s slightly juvenile, but I have really enjoyed Ginny & Georgia on Netflix.
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May monthly roundup
Well the biggest thing that happened in May is that Annie joined our family.
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The Stories of Non-Maternal Women Are All Around Us
Hello Anti-Misogynists!
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Ep. 9: The burden of maternal lovebombing, with Angel Cassin
Listen now | Angel Cassin is the Chief Executive of Together Estranged, an international non-profit supporting adults who are estranged from their…
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Ep. 8: Together Estranged, with Angel Cassin
Listen now | Angel Cassin is the Chief Executive of Together Estranged, an international non-profit supporting adults who are estranged from their…
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She did what she had to do
Turns out a "missing" woman was never actually missing
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A terrible idea
I listened to the pro-natalist podcast Based Camp so you don't have to
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Ep. 7: Being a 'bad' mother, with Elizabeth Austin
Elizabeth Austin is a writer whose work has appeared in TIME, Harper’s Bazaar, Narratively, and many others -- some of it focused on how she considers…
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Bad Mothers: April roundup
This month I spent a week in Sicily on a walking holiday with a troupe of brilliant women.
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How many "cold" cases are actually just forgotten victims?
From Jack the Ripper to the Gilgo Beach murders
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Bad Mothers
Bad Mothers
'Bad' mothers are regular women who subvert the one-dimensional patriarchal ideal of womanhood. Feminist musings from writer and researcher Monica Cardenas.
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