![]() ![]() If she thinks we will ever see paid family leave in America and what we have to do to get there. How to remain hopeful when it comes to making changes to the system. Why mothering is the earliest public health intervention we could have. Why being a care worker is life changing work. ![]() The surprising median wage that nannies in America make and why we need to look at our own biases when it comes to paying them. Her work has been published in The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Cut, Bon Appétit, and NPR’s Fresh Air. She is yet to make on an appearance on a Wikipedia page. How both the wealth of our country and our views on care workers comes from slavery. Angela Garbes, in her early 40s, is the author of Like a Mother, an NPR Best Book of the Year and a nonfiction finalist for the Washington State Book Award. How the majority of Americans believe in more support for domestic workers/why our government does not represent us any longer. How lack of compensation for care workers is a uniquely American problem. Why care work and mothering is so undervalued in American society. Our culture makes it seem like a biological trap, when in fact it’s a superhuman power. Author Angela Garbes joins the pod today to dive deep into her book “Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change” and discusses the economic, political and ideological systems that have shaped the way our society sees care work. Thrive sat down with Angela Garbes, the author of the book, 'Like a Mother - A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy,' to talk about the connection between breastfeeding and feminism, and the importance of maternal well-being. ![]()
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