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Stop this retro nonsense about lockdown being a return to domestic bliss for women | Eleanor Margolis

The resurgence of the ‘can women have it all?’ rhetoric during the coronavirus crisis is tiresome as many women struggle to keep goingCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage
‘Thanks to a deadly virus, we’re back where we belong; pottering around in aprons and absolutely loving it.’ Photograph: sturti/Getty Images

Yesterday I cleaned the toilet, made myself an exquisite toast lunch, and wrote this article. Sure, I don’t have any kids. But I do have a demanding cat and – believe you me – on top of the career, housekeeping and culinary excellence, his needs were met. “What’s it like to be the woman who has it all?” I hear you ask. Spectacular. Eye-opening. Humbling.

In reality, my life has changed relatively little since the lockdown. And that,

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