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Sophie Lewis & Lola Olufemi: Abolish the Family

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Abolition of the Family

Sally Kohn: Why is the family a kind of persistently revered entity in mainstream political and social life, even and especially sometimes on the left? Sally Kohn: Family abolitionists are constantly in a defensive position. They first have to say what family abolition isn't, what it doesn't threaten before they can lay out a vision. She says we need to be imagining our future as rich in needs rather than satisfied with these answers for love or justice.

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