stay at home mom

One of the most insidious things that patriarchy does is the complete and utter devaluation of anything that is considered “women’s work.” Not only does patriarchy limit what women (and all trans and nonbinary folk) can do in the world, it also takes what we do manage to do and tells us it isn’t worth anything.

What is success? How do I define it now, and is it constitutive of or separate from happiness?

I never wanted to become someone who could only ever talk about her kids. But then, that's exactly what I became.