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Is It Time To Give Father’s Day A Rebrand?

It’s Father’s Day on Sunday the one day a year to pat your old man on the back for a patriarc...

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09.37 18 Jun 2021


Is It Time To Give Father’s Day A Rebrand?


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09.37 18 Jun 2021


It’s Father’s Day on Sunday the one day a year to pat your old man on the back for a patriarchal job well done. But as the traditional nuclear family begins to lose shape, and blended, single-sex, and single-parent households grow in prevalence, is it time for us to celebrate “Father Figure’s Day” instead? To discuss further we heard from Screenwriter and Columnist, Stefanie Preissner.

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