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Even as the Western world has moved further towards gender equality, studies show that working women in two-income households still take on a disproportionate amount of the parenting chores. Working Mom traces two mornings and one evening in the life of one such woman, Gill, as she cares for her two young boys. Chronicling Gill from the first waking minutes of her day to the last, the Canadian director Daniel Wilner shows in the most intimate way what a mother’s work at home really is – an endless fugue of exhaustion and magic.
Director: Daniel Wilner
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History of science
Meet the Quaker pacifist who shattered British science’s highest glass ceilings
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Social psychology
What happened when a crypto scam swept over a sleepy town in the Caucasus
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Gender
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Human rights and justice
Surreal, dazzling visuals form an Iranian expat’s tribute to defiance back home
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History
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Wellbeing
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Love and friendship
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Engineering
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Technology and the self
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