# @thecut on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DTljPGzAflz
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/46863045-thecut-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-01-16T23:30:45.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Cut (@thecut) — https://gondola.cc/thecut

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“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

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