Bad Mothers

Bad Mothers

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

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About Monica Cardenas, PhD

How do the patriarchy, maternal ambivalence & mother-daughter estrangement interconnect? I'm writing to find out. Work in LitHub, The Audacity, HuffPost, Litro, and more. Debut novel forthcoming from Unsolicited Press.