Archive - The Daminger Dispatch

From intensive to (over)invested

Nina Bandelj on what parenting has become

Apr 6 • Allison Daminger

January 2026

Assessing value, studying vibes

Plus some TDD updates

Jan 30 • Allison Daminger

December 2025

State of the Dispatch

(And of the Daminger)

Dec 19, 2025 • Allison Daminger

'Why do we have so much to fear?'

MAHA and the mental load

Dec 5, 2025 • Allison Daminger

November 2025

Don't Yuck my Yay

"Work" doesn't always mean "bad"

Nov 21, 2025 • Allison Daminger

Just how "invisible" is invisible labor?

And other intriguing new research

Nov 7, 2025 • Allison Daminger

October 2025

What happens to the mental load after divorce?

It's complicated

Oct 24, 2025 • Allison Daminger

The Mental Load and Valuing Care Work with Allison Daminger

A recording from Gemma Hartley's live video

Published on No One Loves An Angry Woman • Oct 17, 2025

40:54

Dividing labor, multiplying gratitude?

Women hate asking; men hate guessing

Oct 10, 2025 • Allison Daminger

"It's not that I can't do it...it's that I don't have to"

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

Oct 3, 2025 • Allison Daminger

September 2025

Setting the next generation up for something better

And book events in Boston and Philly!

Sep 26, 2025 • Allison Daminger

The Group, the breast, and the blame

A 1963 novel puts infant feeding debates in perspective

Sep 19, 2025 • Allison Daminger