Unveiling Motherhood: Jennifer Case Challenges the Politics and Nature Behind Our Most Sacred Bond
HMM: Did writing about the experience of becoming a mother, and especially during your second, unintended pregnancy, help you grapple with it?
JC: Absolutely. When I look at this book, it’s a book about seeing those cultural messages and then dismantling them, trying to uncover what motherhood might be, separate from all of those ideals and messages, and to reclaim it. And writing these essays really did help me see those cultural messages that I was responding to without being conscious of it—and yet judging myself without realizing why I was judging myself. It definitely helped me identify and grow a healthier relationship with myself as a mother and with those messages.
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