About this episode
"Invisible and Unacknowledged" < that's one way to describe The Mental Load. My guest for this episode is feminist cartoon artist & computer science engineer Emma Clit. We're exploring all things MENTAL LOAD. Emma's comic strips deftly highlight the domestic inequalities in heterosexual couples and our conversation takes a deeper look into this. We question:
- The link between the mental load and sex
- What the world would be like if the mental load was equally divided between men and women
- Raising kids that *don't* expect women to be domestic managers by default
- And more...
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About my guest, Emma Clit:
Emma is a 40-year-old writer and computer science engineer who lives in Paris but who says she learns 'all over the place'. Emma's strips have a record of going viral. 'You Should've Asked' was viewed on blogs around the world, and an article about her in the French magazine L'Express drew 1.8 million views - a record since the site was created.
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