Mother of 4 boys, lover of one-pot-wonders, creator of delicious treats, drinker of tea, thrower of dinner parties, baker of birthday cakes…hater of washing up!
The idealised, all-adoring, never-complaining, never-distracted, bored or plain fed-up mother figure is a misogynistic construct. She has long been used as a stick to beat real-life, imperfect mothers into shamed & guilt-stricken silence.