The truth about parenting is that the reality of our lives needs to be enough. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes live parenting reality
Social media is not just another way to connect feminist and activist voices - it amplifies our messages as well. Jessica Valenti activistamplifyconnect Change image and share on social
Once you get married, women are still implicitly expected to do the majority of the housework and take care of any future children. Jessica Valenti carechildexpect Change image and share on social
A huge part of keeping women in their place has to do with creating a really limited definition of what a 'real' woman is like. And a ton of that what-makes-a-woman nonsense is attached to motherhood. Apparently, by virtue of having ovaries and a uterus, women are automatic mommies or mommies-to-be. Jessica Valenti apparentlyattachautomatic share on social
My feeling for reality TV isn't ironic, guilty, or apologetic. Reality TV is one of the few remaining modes of popular entertainment in which characterization is permitted as plot. Andrea Seigel apologeticcharacterizationentertainment Change image and share on social
It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits. Lewis Thomas antbeastbegin share on social
Parenting is not for sissies. You have to sacrifice and grow up. Jillian Michaels growparentingsacrifice Change image and share on social