“I felt sad then, I feel free now”: a case for examining the constructive resistance of opted-out mothers
The mothers in the sample tend to construct themselves in two main ways, as (1) valuable mothers (capable, tireless, caring mothers who are key figures in their children’s lives) and (2) competent professionals. These subjectivities are parasitic on gendered and neoliberal ideals but allow the mothers to undermine neoliberal capitalist work arrangements that were incongruent … Read more“I felt sad then, I feel free now”: a case for examining the constructive resistance of opted-out mothers