Annihilation | The Point Magazine
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Annihilation | The Point Magazine
can still remember the morning when Deanna tearfully explained to me her experience of this natural season in a woman’s life—the way her body felt like it was a stranger, recalcitrant, behaving in ways she couldn’t predict and didn’t like; the way she resented this diminishment of desire, even as she grappled with its chemical reality; the way she
... See morefrom On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts by James K. A. Smith
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The truth is that motherhood is as beautiful as it looks on the congratulations cards, but it can also be a mess. It’s important to be honest about this. No real change is possible until working mothers stop trying to be all things to all people—perfect at work, perfect as partners, and perfect as mothers, with each role kept entirely separate. Rat
... See morefrom The End of Mom Guilt by Lara Bazelon
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Tillie Olsen wrote: “In the twenty years I bore and reared my children . . . the simplest circumstances for creation did not exist.” It was a physical problem, a time problem; it was also a question of selfhood. “The obligation to be physically attractive and patient and nurturing and docile and sensitive and deferential . . . contradicts and must
... See morefrom The Baby on the Fire Escape: Creativity, Motherhood, and the Mind-Baby Problem by Julie Phillips
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- I have heard tales of creative rushes during the postpartum period, of women who ride the energy of human creation to power other creative acts. It is a beautiful idea, and one I would of course hope to experience. Make a human AND have a personal creative renaissance!? Yes, please. But alas, this is very, very far from my current state of affairs,... See more
from Magic 8 Ball Mind by Rachel Katz
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on mothering, productivity, and caring for an infant
- I think this is probably an experience that many, many, particularly women but probably others feel, is the sense of loss of who we essentially are because of the requirements of what we do. And so I think a lot of people were really funny, and I think a lot of people were really silly, and I think a lot of people were really playful.
from We Can Do Hard Things Ep 238
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wonder why we need new mothers to look like we did before we had babies. Why we push ourselves to “get our bodies back.” My body will never go back to what it was; it’s made a person, traveled to another dimension, and given birth to another world. The journey has left more than a few marks. I want to embrace that.
from Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy by Angela Garbes
- The transition to motherhood is one of the most powerful and important rites of passage any woman will undergo. It is a medically, biologically, socially, emotionally, and politically vulnerable time. It is also a time of great potential power, and the right support during this transition can permanently and positively alter our lives, propelling u... See more
from Now that I'm pregnant, my husband ignores me: Bad Advice Friday
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Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy
