It is the suffering of ambivalence: the murderous alternation between …

Adrienne Rich
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It is the suffering of ambivalence: the murderous alternation between bitter resentment and raw-edged nerves, and blissful gratification and tenderness ✨ Adrienne Rich (1976). Of woman born motherhood as experience and institution
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