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Motherhood in the Spotlight
Episode 53rd November 2025 • With Both Hands • Laura Hadcroft & Clare Thorpe
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In this episode of With Both Hands, we examine the stories we tell about women in the public eye. From the unveiling of the first statue in London depicting a postpartum woman, to the backlash around Taylor Swift’s new album, we dismantle the narratives constructed around women and question what it takes for our true voices and lived experiences to be seen and heard.

Expect to hear thoughts on what maternal strength means and why we project a masculine lens onto women, why marriage and motherhood have somehow become lost in modern feminist narratives, the extremes of the expectations we place on women, why we find it so hard to allow motherhood to co-exist with ambition, and how doing the work and showing up with tenacity writes its own story.

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