“As counterintuitive as it may seem given that we still live in a patriarchy, mothers occupy the top spot within most family hierarchies. Whether we want to or not, we run shit,” writes parenting columnist Kathryn Jezer-Morton. ”And the thing about power is that even when you’re ambivalent about it, it is very hard to give up.” In the latest edition of #Brooding, kjezermo explores the maternal burden of having too much authority — and imagines a world in which the domestic space is a collaborative project. Subscribe to read the story in full at the link in our bio. Illustration: Hannah Buckman