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Very thoughtful and well-researched look at influencers. Mom influencers are both victims of traditional gender roles and perpetrators of them.
Feb 4, 2024
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We had friends over the other day and my friend said she’s paying attention to how I mother because she thinks I’m doing a great job and wants to do the same with her future kids. Everyone agreed 🥲.
We’re the only one of our friends with kids (3 y/o and almost 3 month old) and to be recognized in a role where the labor often goes unnoticed felt so good. I genuinely delight in my children and love being a mother, but it is 24/7 work. I never dreamt of being a parent but with my own healing and growth I found myself wanting to be. I spent a lot of years working on my own self regulation and studying child development (I’m a child therapist) and that has really been paying off in a way I wasn’t expecting at the time.
When someone gives birth, their brain matter changes to aid in caring for their baby. I’ve been in the thick of that for 3 years now and while I can and do think of other things, my entire being is very much entrenched in “mother,” and it can be hard to navigate identity outside of it. so to be seen and honored for that felt really special.
May 29, 2024
this one made me reflect deeply on the current status of my relationship with my mother and the things we don’t discuss, the things she doesn’t know about me and may never know and vice versa.
I recently had the most enlightening conversation with my aunt (my moms only and younger sister) and it was interesting to hear her perspective on my tumultuous relationship with my mother and the parallels between our relationship and her own relationship with their mother, as a firsthand witness. the differences are vast but there are quite a bit of similarities.
this book made me feel all kinds of things from deep sadness to highly hopeful. A good balance in stories. But def a reminder in reflecting on your own relationship with your own mother whether it was good, healthy, toxic, violent, or even nonexistent. Highly recommend.
Feb 22, 2025
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whaaat YOU have mommy issues !
Feb 2, 2024
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Feb 22, 2025
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It’s beautiful! and a distraction
Feb 25, 2025
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LS Dunes- Violet (album): perfect amalgamation of the other albums from the bands these people are in (Thursday, Circa Survive, Coheed and Cambria, MCR) but also very unique!
The Cure-Six different ways: somehow I had never heard this song until last week? It’s so good, I’m mad.
MJ Lenderman- No Mercy: saw him play this live last week and it blew me away!!!!!!
Feb 19, 2025