Letters to myself

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I'm back! In this episode, I discuss the dangers of financially depending on a partner and the idealization of the 50s housewife. This is a very complex topic so I may have missed some relevant info but hope I got the overall message across in a nuanced way. 

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resources: 

The fifties by David Halberstam: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75402.The_Fifties

Communion: the female search for love by bell hooks: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32886.Communion?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=3Y2aNtE8EV&rank=1

the relaxed wife short film: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-relaxed-wife-1957

Miltown drug: https://www.homeeverafter.com/miltown-a-piece-of-1950s-homemaker-history/#:~:text=During%20the%201950s%2C%20many%20housewives,all%20their%20problems%20go%20away.


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