added by Keely Adler · updated 2y ago
Building a culture of care in America
- I want to drill down on one aspect of the intro, too, because I think it’s essential: how has care “curdled,” for lack of a better word, in our minds? And what have been the implications of that degradation?
Definitely curdled. When I say the word “care” I think it often brings to mind the smell of diapers or that unpleasant combo of urine and disi... See morefrom "I Went Into Motherhood Determined Not To Lose Myself In It." by Anne Helen Petersen
Alex Dobrenko and added
- In her excellent book Forced to Care, Evelyn Nakano Glenn refers to this ongoing scenario as a care crisis. It’s not just that there isn’t enough care — it’s that those who end up providing it are coerced, in some form, to do so.
from Forced to Care by Anne Helen Petersen
Keely Adler added
- Sometimes I think about all this through the lens of a Virgin Mary portrait, of which we have all seen hundreds if not thousands. In the patriarchal fetishized version of valuing care, she stays there, locked up in a glossy painting, harmonious and unconflicted and silent. In my version of valuing care, we start with asking her if we can carry the ... See more
from "I Went Into Motherhood Determined Not To Lose Myself In It." by Anne Helen Petersen
Sarah Wong added