Lynne Tillman & Michael Bracewell: Mothercare
London Review Bookshop Podcast
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The Child Parent Contract
I was so happy when you said you gagged because that's how I have felt in the past with this. Certain smells would just make them very sensitive to smell anyway. And certain smells would make me gag, you know. For the first time cleaning my mother's vagina or the, you know, labia around all that, it's so strange to do that. This body that is not yours and that you in some way invade and it's your mother's body, whatever your mother has meant to you. It's a relatable thing.
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