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Topic: emotional labor

Olivia Cooke as Alicent Targaryen and Phia Saban as Helaena Targaryen in "House of the Dragon" (HBO) (HBO)

How "Dragon" burdens grieving women

Gabriella Ferrigine
Woman burdened by her husband and children (Getty Images/Malte Mueller)

The quiet burden of "Emotional Labor"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Woman at desk surrounded in adhesive notes, head in hands (Getty Images/Henrik Sorensen)

My emotional labor while writing a novel

Lauren Forsythe
Vinales town, Casa particular (Getty Images/John Elk III)

Airbnb is "Disneyfying" Havana

David Nemer
Neil Gaiman; Amanda Palmer (AP/Rebecca Cabage/Charles Sykes)

Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman, and marriage

Emily Rems - Poptarts
(Getty/Milkos)

Holiday shopping: Not just women's work

Erin Keane
"Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward" by Gemma Hartley (Erin Edge/Harper Collins)

Our miserable emotional labor Catch-22

Mary Elizabeth Williams
John Amato; John Schnatter (AP/Jordan Strauss/Getty/Michael Hickey)

Demanding change is emotional labor

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(Shutterstock)

Why goal-setting can cause distress

Nicole Karlis
Kanye West (Getty/Dimitrios Kambouris)

The emotional labor of the Kanye fan

Priscilla Ward
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