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It's Better This Way

It's Better This Way

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Oct 30, 2024
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Every two weeks or so I am publishing an essay from an emerging writer. This week, we are publishing “It’s Better This Way” by Monica Cardenas. Monica authors the Bad Mothers Substack, which covers reproductive rights and maternal ambivalence in culture and literature. Her debut novel The Mother Law was longlisted in the Lucy Cavendish College Fiction P…

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Monica Cardenas
I study maternal ambivalence & mother-daughter estrangement, and share my research in the Bad Mothers newsletter and its sister podcast. My writing has also been published in Literary Hub, The Audacity, Huffington Post, and Litro.
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