Your reminder that fairy tales are full of stepmothers because women once routinely died in childbirth, from postpartum sepsis, or from other infectious diseases and left behind housefuls of motherless children.
Stable nuclear families are made possible by vaccines, antibiotics, and safe abortions.
This.
I rapidly lost weight postpartum and the amount of compliments I received from all kinds of folks baffled me. I expected it from *some* usual suspects (like my mother in law 🙄) but others REALLY surprised me… diet culture and fatphobia have truly done a number on folks.
i don’t trust anyone who isn’t excited to meet a dog
