Footnotes by the Fire
Sources + Podcast Companion
As I’ve been publishing Hearthbroken chapter by chapter here on Substack, it occurred to me that you don’t have access to the book’s full citations and reference list in real time. Since several chapters include statistics, studies, and ideas drawn from deeper research, I wanted to make it easy for curious readers to follow the trail.
So this post is a simple companion, a living bibliography of sources referenced throughout the book, along with a short podcast guide for anyone who wants to go further. I’ll continue updating it as the chapter series unfolds.
Foundational Books
Wrangham, R. (2009). Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human. Basic Books.
Friedan, B. (1963). The Feminine Mystique. W.W. Norton & Company.
Firestone, S. (1970). The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution. William Morrow and Company.
Butler, J. (1990). Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. Routledge.
Ahmed, S. (2017). Living a Feminist Life. Duke University Press.
Sommers, C. H. (1994). Who Stole Feminism? How Women Have Betrayed Women. Simon & Schuster.
Pluckrose, H., & Lindsay, J. (2020). Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everyone. Pitchstone Publishing.
Harrington, M. (2021). Feminism Against Progress. Repeater Books.
Bachiochi, E. (2021). The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision. University of Notre Dame Press.
Stock, K. (2021). Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism. Fleet.
Power, N. (2009). One-Dimensional Woman. Zero Books.
Perry, L. (2022). The Case Against the Sexual Revolution. Polity Press.
Björkman, T. (2017). The Market Myth: How the World Became a Marketplace and How We Can Change It. Bokförlaget Stolpe.
Haidt, J. (2012). The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion. Pantheon Books.
Heying, H., & Weinstein, B. (2021). A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life. Portfolio.
Public Data Sources (CDC, Census, WHO, NCES)
U.S. Census Bureau. (2023). “Historical Poverty Tables: People and Families.” Retrieved from https://www.census.gov
National Center for Education Statistics. (2023). “Digest of Education Statistics.” Retrieved from https://nces.ed.gov
World Health Organization. (2023). “Trends in Maternal Mortality: 2000 to 2020.” Retrieved from https://www.who.int
U.S. Census Bureau. (2023). “Educational Attainment in the United States: 2023.” Retrieved from https://www.census.gov
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2023). “Childhood Obesity Facts.” Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov
National Institute of Mental Health. (2023). “Major Depression Among Adolescents.” Retrieved from https://www.nimh.nih.gov
Scientific Papers / Academic Articles
Rosenberg, K., & Trevathan, W. (2002). “Birth, obstetrics and human evolution.” BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 109(11), 1199–1206.
Lazar, L. (2023). The Neural Correlates of Empathy that Predict Prosocial Behavior in Adolescence. University of California, Los Angeles. UCLA Electronic Theses and Dissertations.
Jandé, L., Treves, M., & Lazar, S. (2025). “Mindfulness-Based Programs in Youth: A Systematic Review of Neuroimaging Findings.” Brain Imaging and Behavior. https://meditation.mgh.harvard.edu/files/Jande_25_BrainImagingBehavior.pdf
Brownstein, M. (2025, Jan. 8). “Kindness linked to better physical health, longevity.” Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Retrieved from https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/kindness-linked-to-better-physical-health-longevity/
Cutler, J., Nitschke, J. P., Lamm, C., & Lockwood, P. (2021). “Older Adults Across the Globe Exhibit Increased Prosocial Behavior but Also Greater In-Group Preferences.” Nature Aging, 1(10). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-021-00118-3
Turnbaugh, P. J., Carmody, R., et al. (2019, Sept. 30). “Cooking shapes the structure and function of the gut microbiome.” Nature Microbiology. (UCSF summary) https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2019/09/415511/cooking-food-alters-microbiome
Podcast Companion
The following episodes from The Hearth Matters podcast expand on the themes explored in this book and, in some cases, helped bring them to life. I hope they spark something as valuable for you as they did for us.
E13 | Feminism Against Progress with Mary Harrington
E24 | Birthgap: The Documentary About Falling Birthrates and Unplanned Childlessness with Stephen J. Shaw
E25 | The Secret History of Home Economics with Danielle Dreilinger
E23 | Poly (Meta) Modernity and Bildung with Lene Rachel Andersen
E14 | The Value of Homemaking with Ivana Greco
E16 | The Nuclear Family and Why the Village Matters with Jim Dalrymple II
E18 | Radical Homemaking and Redefining Rich with Shannon Hayes
E07 | Reunite Home & Work: Purpose & Hope Soups with Nancy Chang
E08 | Reunite Home & Work: Cottage Foods with Naelle Yoshimura