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Why Motherhood Is Harder in Some Countries Than Others

Eleanor J. Bader Ms. Magazine
Eleanor J. Bader explores with Four Mothers author Abigail Leonard how national policies and cultural norms in Finland, Japan, Kenya and the U.S. shape the first year of motherhood—and redefine what it means to parent in vastly different societies.

Feminism Hasn’t Failed. Here’s the Evidence.

Rebecca Solnit The Guardian
You can take away a right through legal means, but it is harder to take away the belief in that right. The uproar over the court’s hideous abortion decision is a reminder of how unpopular it is.

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Friday Nite Videos | September 18, 2020

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