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White Picket Fence S2 E2: The Nuclear Family Myth
Women belong in the House
English - March 10, 2022 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MB - ★★★★ - 351 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: The Child Tax Credit with Rep. DeLauro
Next Episode: Paid Leave with Rep. Underwood
This week, host Julie Kohler travels back to the mid-20th century to examine the creation of the “traditional” nuclear family — a myth only made possible through the exploitation of Black women’s domestic labor — and how the family values and nostalgia of this era continue to exist in today’s debate over “caring economy” policies.