Recently, host
Brittany Luse has found herself curious about motherhood. As she's thought about the kind of mom she might be, she looked for models in film and TV – and found that there's little room for mothers, and Black moms in particular, to be anything but excellent. From Brittany's previous podcast,
For Colored Nerds, a discussion with
Eric Eddings about motherhood and misbehaving, and why less than perfect is more than enough.
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