Oh my. Weird. I love the idea of motherhood performativity.

…HOW I DO, BABY! (Well, not as much anymore, THANK GOD.) Anyway, these two women sit down next to me. One of them just had a baby. She says to her friend, “I can’t believe my in-hospital photo got 667 likes. Fucking Allison got 1,500!” Her friend is like “I know, girl!” I stared at them and then ordered another beer, silently sobbing to myself. If you’re racking and wrecking your body for 40 weeks (or 42!) to count likes, you can go sleep in a dirt patch behind the HVAC unit. That ain’t the point of any of this.
A few notes on performative motherhood
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Ted Bauer
Cappelli, MFA, JD, PhD
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Aug 29, 2022
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Oh my. Weird. I love the idea of motherhood performativity.
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Top Know Nothing Writer with way too many degrees who enjoys musing on life's absurdity.
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