Divorce can be liberating. And expensive. When author and science journalist <a href="https://www.melindawennermoyer.com/"target="_blank" >Melinda Wenner Moyer</a> separated from her ex-husband, her social media feed was inundated with posts about the freedom of divorce. But while divorce can be empowering… Melinda felt like that narrative overlooked a pretty significant part of the process: the financial burden. And she’s not alone. After detailing her experience on her Substack, <a href="https://melindawmoyer.substack.com/"target="_blank" >Now What</a>, it caught the attention of editors at New York Magazine. Apparently their divorced friends were also having a hard time financially and they wanted someone to look into it. Melinda’s reporting was published in The Cut, titled: <a href="https://www.thecut.com/article/divorce-women-cost-mediation-alimony-child-support.html"target="_blank" >The Strong, Empowered, Secretly Broke Divorcee</a>. Melinda joins the show to walk Brittany through how financially punishing divorce can be for women and why we should all be a bit more critical of the laws that intend to treat all parties fairly when we still live in a deeply unequal society. Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at <a href="http://plus.npr.org/"target="_blank" >plus.npr.org</a>. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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