Encore: Emotional Labor

Remembering the grocery list, coordinating with the babysitter, these are some of the invisible tasks that (most) women exclusively do in their romantic relationships. In this favorite episode from the archives, The Sugars commiserate with Gemma Hartley, the writer who set off a national conversation about emotional labor with her Harper's article, “Women Aren’t Nags — We’re Just Fed Up.”

Remembering the grocery list, coordinating with the babysitter, scheduling a get-together with the in-laws: These are some of the invisible tasks that (most) women exclusively do in their romantic relationships — and the list goes on and on. In this favorite episode from the archives, The Sugars commiserate with Gemma Hartley, the writer who set off a national conversation about emotional labor with her viral article in Harper’s Bazaar, “Women Aren’t Nags — We’re Just Fed Up.”