“I always sent my mother all these huge books I made. When my mother died, I was cleaning her cupboard, and these big books were only 20 pages long. She edited out, maybe burned, every single photograph where I'm naked.” LongMadeBookBigsMotherHugePagesDiedPhotographNakedBurnedCleaningEditedCupboardsMother DiedBig Book Author:Marina Abramovic
“Most mothers entering the labor market outside the home are naive. They stagger home each evening, holding mail in their teeth, the cleaning over their arm, a lamb chop defrosting under each armpit, balancing two gallons of frozen milk between their knees, and expect one of the kids to get the door.” TwoHomeKidsMotherDoorsArmsLaborTeethEveningKneesMilkMailEnteringFrozenCleaningNaiveLambsGallonsArmpits Author:Erma Bombeck
“Cleaning up after themselves was a low priority for Margo and my mother. They had both recovered from cancer scares, failed marriages, and lost hope; in their opinion, dirt could wait.” MotherLostWaitingOpinionLowsCancerPrioritiesScareDirtCleaningCleaning UpLost HopeFailed Marriage Book:Local Girls Source: Local Girls
“The truth is despite the hard work and juggling required to keep the different facets of the frantic life afloat, the "superwoman"has one marvelous compensation. Being busy and being seen to be busy lets you off the hook. Buys you a way out of all aspects of your many roles you secretly despiselike cleaning cupboardsor entertaining your husband's business friends. When you combine wife, mother, career and all, each role become the perfect excuse for avoiding the worst aspects of the other.” WayDifferentHardMotherWomenWorkPerfectCareersRolesWifeWorstHard WorkTruth IsHusbandAspectBusyExcuseDespiteEntertainingMarvelousAvoidingHookCleaningCompensationFacetsYour HusbandFranticJugglingBeing BusySuperwomanWife Mother Author:Bettina Arndt
“Most baby books also tend to romanticize the mother who stays at home, as if she really spends her entire day doing nothing but beaming at the baby and whipping up educational toys from pieces of string, rather than balancing cooing time with laundry, cleaning, shopping and cooking.” IfsBookHomeMotherPiecesBabyCookingEducationalStringsShoppingToysCleaningDoing NothingLaundryStay At HomeWhipping Author:Susan Chira