NBN Book of the Day · Marshall Poe
Jennifer Randles, "Living Diaper to Diaper: The Hidden Crisis of Poverty and Motherhood" (U California Press, 2026)
·41 min·4 clips
Mothers struggling with diaper insecurity could tell Jennifer Randles exactly how many diapers they had left—three, seven, or thirteen—and how long they'd last.
As heard by us
A direct look at how diaper insecurity becomes a daily burden.
The episode treats the diaper as more than a basic supply. Jennifer Randles shows how diaper insecurity adds cost, planning, and a fair amount of improvisation to parenting, from stretching what is on hand to making do with temporary substitutes and keeping close track of how…
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Listen if you want poverty and motherhood made visible through diaper insecurity.
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