# The Daminger Dispatch

A sociologist's take on gender, parenting, and family life

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## [We need to talk about sex](https://allisondaminger.substack.com/p/we-need-to-talk-about-sex)

_2026-08-03 · Allison Daminger_

Abigail Saguy on why dialogue may be the only way through the gender wars

## [From intensive to (over)invested](https://allisondaminger.substack.com/p/from-intensive-to-overinvested)

_2026-04-06 · Allison Daminger_

Nina Bandelj on what parenting has become

## [Assessing value, studying vibes](https://allisondaminger.substack.com/p/what-is-value)

_2026-01-30 · Allison Daminger_

Plus some TDD updates

## [State of the Dispatch](https://allisondaminger.substack.com/p/state-of-the-dispatch)

_2025-12-19 · Allison Daminger_

(And of the Daminger)

## ['Why do we have so much to fear?'](https://allisondaminger.substack.com/p/why-do-we-have-so-much-to-fear)

_2025-12-05 · Allison Daminger_

MAHA and the mental load

## [Don't Yuck my Yay](https://allisondaminger.substack.com/p/dont-yuck-my-yay)

_2025-11-21 · Allison Daminger_

"Work" doesn't always mean "bad"

## [Just how "invisible" is invisible labor?](https://allisondaminger.substack.com/p/just-how-invisible-is-invisible-labor)

_2025-11-07 · Allison Daminger_

And other intriguing new research

## [What happens to the mental load after divorce?](https://allisondaminger.substack.com/p/what-happens-to-the-mental-load-after)

_2025-10-24 · Allison Daminger_

It's complicated

## [Dividing labor, multiplying gratitude?](https://allisondaminger.substack.com/p/dividing-labor-multiplying-gratitude)

_2025-10-10 · Allison Daminger_

Women hate asking; men hate guessing

## ["It's not that I can't do it...it's that I don't have to"](https://allisondaminger.substack.com/p/its-not-that-i-cant-do-itits-that)

_2025-10-03 · Allison Daminger_

On male privilege, at-home fatherhood, and where change comes from

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_2025-10-03 · **Sponsored**_

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## [Setting the next generation up for something better](https://allisondaminger.substack.com/p/setting-the-next-generation-up-for)

_2025-09-26 · Allison Daminger_

And book events in Boston and Philly!

## [The Group, the breast, and the blame](https://allisondaminger.substack.com/p/the-group-the-breast-and-the-blame)

_2025-09-19 · Allison Daminger_

A 1963 novel puts infant feeding debates in perspective

## [Exceeds expectations](https://allisondaminger.substack.com/p/exceeds-expectations)

_2025-09-12 · Allison Daminger_

Plus a book-related AMA

## [Is your husband picking up what you're putting down?](https://allisondaminger.substack.com/p/is-your-husband-picking-up-what-youre)

_2025-09-05 · Allison Daminger_

My thoughts on The Viral Mental Load Post

## [Is housework productive?](https://allisondaminger.substack.com/p/is-housework-productive)

_2025-08-29 · Allison Daminger_

More importantly, should we care?

## ['We demand wages for housework'](https://allisondaminger.substack.com/p/we-demand-wages-for-housework)

_2025-08-22 · Allison Daminger_

The radical feminists who tried (and failed) to remake our world

## [T-minus 25 days](https://allisondaminger.substack.com/p/t-minus-25-days)

_2025-08-15 · Allison Daminger_

Preorder info, book tour schedule, and more WOHM news

## [Blending two cultures in a country neither of us calls home](https://allisondaminger.substack.com/p/blending-two-cultures-in-a-country)

_2025-08-08 · Allison Daminger_

Chloe Bordewich on wedding planning amidst visa denial and pest infestation

## [Research(-adjacent) diary #2](https://allisondaminger.substack.com/p/research-adjacent-diary-2)

_2025-08-01 · Allison Daminger_

follow along as I stress about book launch

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_2025-08-01 · **Sponsored**_

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## [He needs to be rattled by her clarity](https://allisondaminger.substack.com/p/he-needs-to-be-rattled-by-her-clarity)

_2025-07-25 · Allison Daminger_

Couples therapist Tonya Lester on the power of a woman's anger