Strange Country Ep. 128: Refrigerator Moms

It's fun to be a woman, y'all. Strange Country features a brand-new installment: the mini-episode about one particular joy of womanhood. It features a new song and a new challenge to Kelly and Beth to try to keep this to a tight 20 minutes. In our inaugural episode, moms get all the glory when they get blamed for causing autism in their children by being cold, withholding iceboxes. Theme music: To Be A Woman by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources "Bernard Rimland." The Independent, Independent Digital News and Media, 17 Sept. 2011, www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bernard-rimland-5544714.html. Bernstein, Richard. "Ideas & Trends; Accusations of Abuse Haunt the Legacy of Dr. Bruno Bettelheim." The New York Times, The New York Times, 4 Nov. 1990, www.nytimes.com/1990/11/04/weekinreview/ideas-trends-accusations-of-abuse-haunt-the-legacy-of-dr-bruno-bettelheim.html?searchResultPosition=3. Bird, David. "DR. LEO KANNER, 86, CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST." The New York Times, The New York Times, 7 Apr. 1981, www.nytimes.com/1981/04/07/obituaries/dr-leo-kanner-86-child-psychologist.html?searchResultPosition=1. Gottlieb, Robert. "The Strange Case of Dr. B." The New York Review of Books, www.nybooks.com/articles/2003/02/27/the-strange-case-of-dr-b/. Rudy, Lisa Jo. "Could Cold Parenting Cause Autism? (Hint: The Answer Is No!)." Verywell Health, Verywell Health, 24 June 2019, www.verywellhealth.com/why-refrigerator-mothers-were-blamed-for-autism-260135. Willingham, Emily. "Is Autism an 'Epidemic' or Are We Just Noticing More People Who Have It?" Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2019, www.discovermagazine.com/health/is-autism-an-epidemic-or-are-we-just-noticing-more-people-who-have-it.