motherhood
WHEN I LOOK BACK AND think about my own reaction to impending motherhood, I can’t help but see that my extreme distress was informed by anxiety that I wouldn’t be able to be a mother and be happy at the same time. Though my mother had three children, something about dealing with them consistently had been anathema to her core identity, as if she
... See moreSarah Hoover • The Motherload: Episodes from the Brink of Motherhood
read a substack called "i don't dream of marriage or motherhood" and it highlighted how you do not need to have a physical child to be a mother. you can nurture those around you and pour into communal spaces. children finding community within you, even if they're not yours. i think that's beautiful as someone who is firm on not having children in... See more
JACINDA 𓆩♱𓆪x.comRather than viewing care work as characteristic of the noun “motherhood,” I now see it as the action of mothering, which includes anyone who is engaged in “the practice of creating, nurturing, affirming and supporting life.”
Angela Garbes • Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change
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