Motherhood and Radical Parenting Under Late Capitalism
Revolutionary Left Radio
Breht O'Shea
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 1 January 2019
⏱️ 104 minutes
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Summary
Anastasiya and Speranza, a Russian immigrant mother and a Montanan mother respectively, join Breht to discuss the trials and tribulations of being mothers and parents in a capitalist society. Topics include how to be a radical parent, paternity leave policies in the US, familial evolution over time, the anthropology of child-rearing, being a parent in the age of Climate Change, and much more!
You can reach out to Anastaysiya by email: anastasiya.pronina318
You can reach out to Speranza by email: [email protected]
Intro spoken word poetry written and performed by Faith Santilla (from the track "Bread" on the album "Party Worker" by Bambu.
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| 0:00.0 | So I teared up for a while in the refrigeration I thought I would have had enough dough to splurge on flaming hot cheetos. |
| 0:10.0 | So I'm crossing off my grocery list, not what I got, what I can't afford. |
| 0:15.0 | Didn't even bother walking toward the other end of the store. |
| 0:19.0 | Instead we backtracked. Racked a couple of items because I had to stretch the stack. |
| 0:25.0 | I thought that we were straight so we bounced but really instead ended up leaving only half a meal. |
| 0:31.0 | Got cheese but couldn't buy bread. Headed back to grandma's house but all the locks got changed. |
| 0:37.0 | Fist fodder, sun the night before so now we all estranged. |
| 0:41.0 | Imagine we, baby and me, grosser reas locked out the house. |
| 0:45.0 | So I hit the homey up in parsipanee because I knew she had a couch. |
| 0:50.0 | I said listen please I hate to ask but might we spend the night. |
| 0:55.0 | We can't go over to uncle's house they wake the baby when they fight. |
| 0:59.0 | See you don't know no struggle till you live life out of duffel. |
| 1:04.0 | Till you weathered all the elements I got bronchitis as my evidence. |
| 1:08.0 | So don't get me started on healthcare cause so high it kept me on welfare and don't ask me all the details. |
| 1:16.0 | I was broke so I worked retail because I knew that I'd get coverage if I worked up two full time. |
| 1:23.0 | But bitch as boss with gave me gave me only 39 which is why. |
| 1:29.0 | I tear up for a while in the refrigeration aisle. |
| 1:33.0 | Thought I would have had enough dough to splurge on flaming hot cheetos. |
| 1:37.0 | So I'm crossing off my grocery list not what I got what I can't afford. |
| 1:42.0 | Didn't even bother walking toward the other end of the store. |
| 1:46.0 | Instead we backtracked racked a couple of items cause we had to stretch the stack. |
| 1:52.0 | Thought that we were straight so we bounced but really instead ended up leaving with half a meal got cheese but couldn't get bread. |
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