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Feb 28, 2023CultureHaving a child alone through MAR: self-centredness or an explosion of love?Giorgia Surina's novel is a step towards highlighting the subject of single motherhood
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Dec 22, 2022CultureMotherhood and gender equality, Ursula K. Le Guin's stroke of geniusTrue gender equality begins when caring for children is no longer only the job of women. Author Ursula K. Le Guin got this very clear
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