We've got to address the suburban women problem because it's real.

Suburban women helped determine the 2020 election, but there's more to us in the headlines

would have you believe.

The suburbs aren't a homogeneity of white people in perfect houses.

Real change is happening in the suburbs, and we have things to say.

When women share their personal stories, walls come down and barriers. real changes happening in the suburbs, and we have things to say.

When women share their personal stories, walls come down and barriers are broken.

Welcome to the suburban women problem, a podcast from red, wine, and blue.

Hi, everyone. Thanks for listening. I'm Jasmine Clark. I'm Rachel Vindman. I'm Amanda Weinstein. And this is the suburban women problem. So welcome, everyone. Thanks for joining us. Today, we are going to be

talking about how women have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic and how we as a country need to value the work that women do.

We'll also be speaking with Heidi Lewis, a mom who recently went viral with a photo of herself on her

laptop in the bathtub trying to work remotely while entertaining her toddler at the same time, which I can relate to.

And after we talk to Heidi, I get the chance to speak with Hakeem Jeffries, chairman of the House

Democratic Caucus, on why we need to center women as we rebuild our economy.

So we all know that for a long time, too much has fallen on women's

shoulders. So for example, child care, elder care, just the general emotional labor of organizing

everyone's life and everyone's schedule and everyone's everything on top of

often having to work full time. So what has your experience been like through the past year

and a half during the pandemic? It's been rough. So teaching and being a mom, I felt like I have a friend who's a first grade teacher

and I thought she put it so well when she was like, this last year was like teaching two years.

Every day was like two days in one day. I was like, that is the perfect description. That is

exactly what it feels like. So I gave myself some extra leeway

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