Too Much and Never Enough: Why Women are Expected to Dim Their Light to Make Others Comfortable

Margo and Tashira discuss the paradox of being "too much" in a number of ways seemingly exclusive to women & femmes. Society tells us that we need to be pretty (but we can't be too focused on our appearance), we need to be smart (but not too smart), we need to be good parents, but if we put "too much" effort into them then we're "too involved." Support justUs for $5/mo: https://www.justuspodcast.com/product/support-tier-1 Sign up for our newsletter, here: https://justuspod.myflodesk.com/subscribe Buy the eJournal "Defining Love at a Big Age" here: https://www.justuspodcast.com/product/defining-love-at-a-big-age  Thank you to our sponsor, Osea, use code JUSTUS10 to save 10% https://bit.ly/3JYAZ4x OSEA'S Hyaluronic Body Serum: https://bit.ly/3JYAZ4x Get convenient and affordable therapy with Betterhelp: https://betterhelp.com/justuspodcast If our conversation resonated with you, then consider continuing the conversation in our NEW private community! Join the justUS League here, https://justus-podcast.mn.co/share/M7gfRuILYNz8-D46?utm_source=manual Get your justUS swag here: https://www.justuspodcast.com/#in-feed-shop Follow Us on Instagram: @justus_pod @margo.lindauer @politicsandfshn