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186. Gloria Steinem: Laughing Our Way to Liberation

We Can Do Hard Things

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I Miss My Mother, but Perhaps No More in Death Than I Did in Life

Ruth Ben-Ghiat: I think many of us had mothers who could not be fully their own talented autonomous, independent selves. And also, in some ways, we're living out the unlived lives of our mothers. In Ruth's song, which I reread all the time, you said of her, I miss her, but perhaps no more in death than I did in life. Can you tell us about when you asked your mom about why she didn't pursue the love and ambitions of her life? She felt she couldn't continue as she wished to.

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