4. Kid Gloves / The Thin Place.

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English - March 30, 2019 16:01 - 55 minutes - 51.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Emily thinks the world would be a better place if everyone read Lucy Knisley's graphic novel account of her difficult pregnany, Kid Gloves, while Michael rhapsodizes about experiments in empathy and postmodern mysticism spurred on by Kathryn Davis’s The Thin Place.

Emily thinks the world would be a better place if everyone read Lucy Knisley’s
graphic novel account of her difficult pregnancy, Kid
Gloves, while Michael rhapsodizes about
experiments in empathy and postmodern mysticism spurred on by Kathryn Davis’s
The Thin Place. They talk about myths and
misconceptions of pregnancy, pain, sex ed, medieval mysticism, and whether
reading teaches empathy.

Show Notes.

Kid Gloves by Lucy Knisley.

The Thin Place by Kathryn Davis.

The Dollop’s “Childbirth in
America” podcast (in part about
twilight sleep).

Lucy Knisley’s Instagram.

Judy Blume by Amanda Palmer.