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July 14, 2024 22 mins
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This MEMBER ONLY episode is all about parenting, or at least, exceptionally bad parenting. First, they cover the explosive revelations of child abuse in an essay by the daughter of acclaimed writer Alice Munro, before moving onto another essay by Bridget Phetasy, in which she catalogs her own experience as a neglected child of divorce. Is no-fault divorce good for women, but bad for mothers?

Links

* My stepfather sexually abused me when I was a child. My mother, Alice Munro, chose to stay with him

* How divorce never ends

* Meghan's Substack post about Alice Munro

* Meghan’s Unspeakable conversation with Bridget Phetasy about divorce

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