Big Talk's Book Talk

Oooh yall, I loved this one! You don’t have to like men to recognize that fatherhood is a topic RICH with cultural values. I especially appreciated the call to action around creating more language and space for dads.

Part one outlines the research (or lack thereof) around dad’s and dad brains with all of the nuances for a topic around gender and the western research field. Part two is a validation of what this means for dads: that they’re often left out of parenting conversations, dismissed, and relegated by very narrow definitions of masculinity and parenthood. When they do try to find information that centers their experience, the content out there leads them towards manosphere/gender essentialist ideologies.

Thank you to the author for committing to research in this space, & NetGalley plus Flatiron books for the audiobook!