Bad Mothers

Bad Mothers

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'Bad' mothers are just regular women branded as such for not upholding the one-dimensional patriarchal ideal of womanhood. Feminist musings from writer and researcher Monica Cardenas.

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About Monica Cardenas

I'm a researcher exploring the intersection of maternity and female bodily autonomy, with a focus on the representation of non-maternal women in literature.