How the Pandemic has Taken a Toll on Mothers with Andrea O'Reilly

Amanda is joined today by Andrea O'Reilly who is a professor for the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at York University.

Discussed in the podcast:

• How Moms are also Frontline Workers 
• The Emotional Labour of Motherhood - what is this and how come mothers take this on so heavily? 
• How mothers have had to become teachers, chefs, the cleaning staff AND work from home
• Mothers having to take a pause on their careers or leave the work force entirley. Putting women back at least 10 years or more.

Andrea's facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/257650828618099

Buy Andrea's Book: https://demeterpress.org/books/mothers-mothering-and-covid-19-dispatches-from-the-pandemic/