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Bad Mothers

Monica Cardenas, PhD

'Bad' mothers are regular women who subvert the one-dimensional patriarchal ideal of womanhood. But some really are just bad.

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  • Monica Cardenas, PhD

    I write about feminism, maternal ambivalence & mother-daughter estrangement. Also in LitHub, The Audacity, HuffPost, Litro, and more.

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