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Episode 220: The Power of Language with Rebekah Taussig

Kate keeps her bedtime prods on her nightstand thanks to a listener rec, and Doree is riled up about the formula shortage and the ignorance it’s unmasking. Then, writer, teacher, and creator of @sitting_pretty, Rebekah Taussig, joins them to talk about disability and motherhood, how the complications of kindness toward disabled people stems from problems in the social structures and systems, and why her one line a day journal is her favorite form of self-care.



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