riotwitch
RiotWitch
riotwitch

Yeah...but...there aren’t feminists mocking stay at home moms. That’s a myth. You’ll find at every feminist site support for stay at home moms and at every feminist gathering of speakers. Every feminist foundation I know does work to legislatively support stay at home moms.

No one enjoys being judged, so I understand why you would complain about that. What I don't understand is why people like you also seem to want to hear that what you do is a feminist act because you're doing it by choice and not just because you have to. It's cool that you get to do what you want but you can't get

You’re really not sure why, or you’re coyly “not sure why?” If it’s the former, consider re-reading the article.

Omg nobody cares. You do you, but if you can’t understand how these roles have been forced on women and serve as symbols of our historical oppression, then there is no helping you.

One of the main points of this article was that not very long ago, women WERE obligated to do domestic work because they were women, and they weren’t allowed to do anything else. Have fun with your bread.

I will never understand how feminists can *not* be angry. This anger that permeates feminism is absolutely justified, and since women are currently losing ground and gains are being unmade, I would expect the least we can do is understand why. At which point does being a second-class citizen become something we should

You’re basically saying everything I want to say in this post!

Honestly, we’re kind of screwed either way, just less screwed with her. So, whatever.

I like her - a lot - and I’m not freaking out. None of this is news, and none of it is insurmountable.

Or maybe there is no "Midwestern food sensibility," just "food sensibility"? I've had shitty food on the coasts and I've had amazing food in the Midwest. There are steakhouses in the Midwest that would never, ever cook like a steak like goddamn Cracker Barrel does, yet I suppose they'd be lumped into the "Midwest food