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Sarah Menkedick

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Sarah Menkedick is the author of Ordinary Insanity: Fear and the Silent Crisis of Motherhood in America, out in April 2020 from Pantheon.

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Two children running inside an inflating hot air balloon. The interior is bright orange with patches of other colours.

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Kid culture

In most cultures, kids tag along with grownups or mooch with friends but American life is heavy with ‘kid-friendly’ artifice

Sarah Menkedick

A person seen from behind, wearing a USA flag jacket, standing on a basketball court with an ambulance and buildings in the background.

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The migrant’s tale

Sure it’s progressive to sympathise with young undocumented migrants, but it also locks them into a victimhood narrative

Sarah Menkedick