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Parent Trap: Why the Cult of the Perfect Mother Has to End
By Elaine Glaser — 2021
Worldwide, mothers are overworked, underpaid, often lonely and made to feel guilty about everything from epidurals to bottle feeding. Fixing this is the unfinished work of feminism.
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