This post of on combining art and motherhood made the rounds this past winter. There were a lot of responses, public and private. Two of the more recent responses made me feel like revisiting the issue: 1. The Divided Heart is a more honest exploration of what it’s like to be a mother and an artist.Continue reading “Why don’t you treat men this way? The false dichotomy of “mother vs. artist””
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I am not your monkey: on motherhood, art, and presumptuous bullshit
The other day it happened again. I was talking to a friend about the eternal issue of having kids/not having kids, when the friend said something like, “I guess I just care too much about art and changing society for the better. Who has time for that when they have a child?” **beat** “I mean,Continue reading “I am not your monkey: on motherhood, art, and presumptuous bullshit”
Feminist Mommy Wars: Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
This post is going to get heavy in a moment, but before we get in to all that, here’s a gratuitous picture of hot dad Hugh Jackman being hot whilst playing with one of his kids at the beach. This picture fills me with all sorts of confusing, pervy feelings – do I want HughContinue reading “Feminist Mommy Wars: Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss”
To the Mothers
Kim recently wrote about the side of motherhood that no one really talks about, and what a soldier you have to be to endure it. There isn’t a Mother’s Day card out there that says: “Thanks, mom! You love me even though they had to sew up your vajayjay up after I came out ofContinue reading “To the Mothers”
