This is What Raising a Feminist Looks Like explores the intersection of politics and parenting. Each episode host Lefa Singleton Norton will talk to a guest about what raising children in a feminist framework looks like in their home.
In this episode I speak with award-winning Young Adult author Ellie Marney about her experiences raising four boys in regional Victoria. We chat about the isolating experience of motherhood in the western context, the evolution of parenting at different stages of your children’s lives and how teenage boys experiences are being changed by the spread of feminist concepts and much more.
In this episode I talk to Erin Farley about raising her son, four-year-old Jose. Erin has over fifteen years experience working in communications and campaigns with not-for-profits, unions, government and in politics. We chat about single parenting, the motherhood penalty on careers, public discourse on mental health, deafness and the gendered nature of English language acquisition and much more.
As we gear up to launch Episode One this is a quick hello to set the scene for what is to come.