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A New Mother Finds Solace From the Patriarchy — in Sex Work

October 07, 2023

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The heroine of Ainslie Hogarth’s “Normal Women” is so desperate to escape the confines of conventional, upper-middle-class womanhood that she turns to a yoga studio that looks a lot like a cult.

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A New Mother Finds Solace From the Patriarchy — in Sex Work

The heroine of Ainslie Hogarth’s “Normal Women” is so desperate to escape the confines of conventional, upper-middle-class womanhood that she turns to a yoga studio that looks a lot like a cult.

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