Unveiling Motherhood: Jennifer Case Challenges the Politics and Nature Behind Our Most Sacred Bond
JC: I wish I knew.
HMM: It’s like the million dollar question.
JC: I think culturally, there’s such strong messaging about what the ideal mother is supposed to be or look like. I don’t know if it’s because our culture right now is so individualist and focused on individual families rather than the communal experience, but we put so much pressure on mothers. Then we have religious icons. Having grown up Catholic, I grew up with the Virgin Mary as the icon of perfect motherhood and something that mothers were supposed to strive for.
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