“Discourse about motherhood is chillingly narrow-minded. It’s a tool the patriarchy uses, of course. So people complain about their kids or they complain about the pain of birth or they make motherhood kitschy, Mother’s Day-y. Much of the writing I do about the female body is to remind women, myself included, that they make life and they make death. That strikes me as a far more powerful stance than the weak lies told about mothering (dinner, discipline, worry, etc.). There is nothing more important to our survival, nothing more dignified than learning how to take care of others, how to serve and teach people with kindness and openness. Mothers are experts in these fields. I hope people can learn to listen to them, learn to be like them and acknowledge the wisdom there before it is too late. I hope people can learn how to serve others.”
— Making A Narrative In The Dark: A Conversation With Samantha Hunt by Rumaan Alam
Jul. 18 2017
Via therumpus.net
#Interviews #Samantha Hunt #The Dark Dark #Rumaan Alam
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  2. randybr3000 said: Only women CAN be mothers. Simple biological fact. And if you want your arguments to be taken seriously don’t use stupid dog whistle words like patriarchy.
  3. boobwatch said: So you’re saying only women can be mothers? Transphobic AF is more like it
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