“Perhaps the most feminist thing we can do is simply forgive our mothers whatever slights.”
Reviewing The Monster Within: The Hidden Side of Motherhood and Dangerous Ambition: Rebecca West and Dorothy Thompson: New Women in Search of Love and Power, Jessica Crispin reflects on grudges held against mothers and a societal tendency to judge women by how they raise their children.
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