Pulling the Thread with Elise Loehnen

Pulling the Thread with Elise Loehnen

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Mothering

Mothering

The practicalities of mothering weigh on us, but the psychology of it buries us.

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May 17, 2023
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I published an Op-Ed in The New York Times today, a thrill on any day. But this piece is particularly close to my heart, because it’s about my mother, and me, and in some ways, my grandmother too. The piece is about my mother’s ambivalence about mothering, and her willingness to give this a name. It’s about what it means to pass this ambivalence down un…

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