![]() I think it’s this dichotomy that many of Starr’s critics don’t actually want to wrestle with they want to believe that we have, as a society, moved past the heteronormative, traditional gender role breakdown, but the reality is we have not, and that holds true across the socioeconomic spectrum. (And yes, of course there are exceptions.) We make the doctor’s appointments, we plan the meals, we sign the kids up for aftercare, and the list goes on, and on, and on. Yes, AND BUT: I see it in my marriage I see it in the marriages of most other women I know. But perhaps it’s because she persistently highlights what is, still, a very real discrepancy between men and women in cis, heterosexual partnerships - mothers take more on when it comes to parenting - and she did it in such a digestible format (a comic that did the work of the countless books and articles that have been written on the subject, most of which it seems her critics have not read) that it went so viral. After all, it’s just a slightly different version of the discussions around the mental load that have been happening in the last few years. And yet, I was also confused why it went so viral, and why people seemed to respond so viscerally to it. Yes, Starr’s comics can sometimes feel a bit retrograde there’s a through-line of “husbands, AMIRITE?” running through a lot of them. I was horrified but also fascinated by the internet pile-on. Alfred Prufrock.” Many of them were, in a word, mean. There were many parodies, and there were way too many people who rewrote the words to “The Love Song of J. ![]() ) Andelman’s tweet quickly went viral, as people analyzed Starr’s marriage and her parenting via this comic and the others on her feed. ![]() (I published one of Starr’s comics, about moms feeling like they’re drowning, in the first issue of my newsletter. Andelman had found a comic by Mary Catherine Starr, the writer and illustrator behind on Instagram, whose feed often highlights the emotional and mental load of being a mom since launching last July, it’s gained nearly 225,000 followers. Served by Server 1 Page was generated in 0.This was, of course, a joke. Name: ARUBA-REG Web: DNSSEC: no Nameservers max.ns. rachel.ns. * * * * Additional information can be visualized at: * * * * Privacy Information: * ********************************************************************* Domain: Status: ok Signed: no Created: 19:25:22 Last Update: 00:52:37 Expire Date: Registrant Organization: Alessio Latini Address: VIA SASSO 49 San Miniato 56028 PI IT Created: 19:25:21 Last Update: 19:25:21 Admin Contact Name: Alessio Latini Organization: Alessio Latini Address: VIA SASSO 49 San Miniato 56028 PI IT Created: 19:25:21 Last Update: 19:25:21 Technical Contacts Name: Alessio Latini Organization: Alessio Latini Address: VIA SASSO 49 San Miniato 56028 PI IT Created: 19:25:21 Last Update: 19:25:21 Registrar Organization: Aruba s.p.a. OrgId: CLOUD14 Address: 101 Townsend Street City: San Francisco StateProv: CA PostalCode: 94107 Country: US RegDate: Updated: Comment: All Cloudflare abuse reporting can be done via Ref: OrgTechHandle: ADMIN2521-ARIN OrgTechName: Admin OrgTechPhone: +1-65 OrgTechEmail: OrgTechRef: OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE2916-ARIN OrgAbuseName: Abuse OrgAbusePhone: +1-65 OrgAbuseEmail: OrgAbuseRef: OrgNOCHandle: NOC11962-ARIN OrgNOCName: NOC OrgNOCPhone: +1-65 OrgNOCEmail: OrgNOCRef: RNOCHandle: NOC11962-ARIN RNOCName: NOC RNOCPhone: +1-65 RNOCEmail: RNOCRef: RTechHandle: ADMIN2521-ARIN RTechName: Admin RTechPhone: +1-65 RTechEmail: RTechRef: RAbuseHandle: ABUSE2916-ARIN RAbuseName: Abuse RAbusePhone: +1-65 RAbuseEmail: RAbuseRef: # ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use # available at: # If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at # Copyright 1997-2018, American Registry for Internet Numbers, Ltd. # ASNumber: 13335 ASName: CLOUDFLARENET ASHandle: AS13335 RegDate: Updated: Comment: All Cloudflare abuse reporting can be done via Ref: OrgName: Cloudflare, Inc. # ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use # available at: # If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at # Copyright 1997-2018, American Registry for Internet Numbers, Ltd.
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