tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453345467999579885.post6920444360599872066..comments2023-12-18T07:25:38.583-05:00Comments on Burning My Study: mommy wars [excessive rambling]Beatricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09532912919556200160noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453345467999579885.post-21878441670154325552014-06-03T17:14:58.425-04:002014-06-03T17:14:58.425-04:00"I like getting credit for the goats" sh..."I like getting credit for the goats" should be worked into more conversations. Beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09532912919556200160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453345467999579885.post-73455356111765908812014-06-02T21:29:29.528-04:002014-06-02T21:29:29.528-04:00Aww, it is so good to see you posting again! About...Aww, it is so good to see you posting again! About books, or mommy wars, or Perdita, or just whatever you like.<br /><br />MOMMY WARS HOLY SHIT. That sounds amazingly awful.<br /><br />'The simultaneous diminishing and exalting of motherhood, in which it is seen both as something all women should just do without making a big deal of it, and as something that has to be done to an impossibly-perfect level, is sadly and tediously like every other expectation set on women. ("Don't ever openly diet, but be perfectly thin" is just the first example that comes to mind.) Mothers are supposed to meet these unrealistic standards and to act like those accomplishments are nothing.'<br /><br />Yes. Yes. Yes.Moira Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16359269126391962352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453345467999579885.post-45332508866306911882014-06-02T17:47:12.679-04:002014-06-02T17:47:12.679-04:001) WHOA. 2) Wait, I hear about this crap pretty re...1) WHOA. 2) Wait, I hear about this crap pretty regularly; why does it always not only appall but surprise me? 3) The goat example is hilarious, but my favorite part is the goat-raising, onesie-weaving parent saying that she enjoys getting credit for her work. I'm going to try to put that into more of my responses to compliments. 4) I'm sending this to several moms I know. Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574761927491789723noreply@blogger.com