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This is really helpful, especially the notion of shifting from independent to interdependent careers. I think the double-primary model typically feels the most progressive and equal, but I appreciate your points about how complicated it can still be to manage and how necessary intentional conversations about all this are. I wrote about this from a different angle earlier this week. I think some of this was why I was initially reluctant to have children. Academia is not a place that allows much flexibility with the turn-taking model or the idea of being the one with a secondary career (you can't just cancel all of your classes every time a kid has to stay home from daycare with a fever). See if my essay on the hidden curriculum of the Academy rings true? https://joshuadolezal.substack.com/p/do-you-really-lose-a-book-for-every?r=16vgt&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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