My Family’s Slave
Truly remarkable story.<p>One thing that struck me is that Lola did so much of the work of a traditional mother&#x27;s role: raising the kids, cooking, cleaning, laundry, and even providing emotional support. The mother had to take on a traditional father&#x27;s role in bringing home an income. And the actual father - well, he did neither role and seemed to just freeload, gamble, abuse, and finally disappear.<p>All of the work in a traditional mother&#x27;s role, well it&#x27;s usually uncompensated too. Sure it&#x27;s a &quot;labor of love&quot; but it&#x27;s also just a huge amount of work, for decades. An argument could be made that the entire capitalist system is built upon uncompensated labor. Just ask your mom.