Ep.22: Dr. Wednesday Martin

The Spark Podcast

Dr. Wednesday Martin is a social scientist, storyteller, and #1 New York Times Bestselling Author. Her book, Primates of Park Avenue (translated into “I Am a Mother, I Need the Hermes Birkin Bag” in Chinese), stirred up a heated debate across oceans and sparked an greater awareness around “exhausted motherhood” and the scarcity mindset that runs rampant through circles of affluent mothers across the world. In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Martin to demystify the social structures that stand tall around upper class societies and identify the common threads that connect all mothers - Birkin Bag or not. 韦内斯迪·马丁博士是一位社会学家，故事叙述者，以及纽约时报排名第一的畅销书作者。她的著作《我是个妈妈，我需要铂金包》（英文翻译为《回忆录：公园大道上的母猩猩》）描述了她作为一个“新人”在纽约上东区的妈妈圈“打怪升级”的过程。这本书触发了社会各界对“鸡娃”现象，和普遍存在于中产，甚至中上产阶级女性间的稀缺性心态的激烈讨论。在这集中，火花电台和马丁博士一同解密社会结构是如何造就了女性日益激增的焦虑感，以及真正让女性之间产生共鸣的东西——当然，这个东西不仅仅是爱马仕的铂金包。
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