Disability and Determination is a weekly newsletter about my experience living with a rare disability…with a little bit of meditation, pop culture, and other random things thrown in.
“It’s too hard!” is the best-delivered sentiment of the movie, in my opinion—and there are lots of powerful lines in that film. Terrific perspective, Jackie.
That's so deep. And I'm so glad that America was the one to make that speech. Haven't seen this movie. Don't know if I could withstand all the Pepto Pink. When you said this "I’m not a mother so obviously I can’t much speak to this one, but I know that my many friends who are mothers have to juggle an entirely extra set of expectations on how they’re “supposed” to act and move through the world," it reminded me of that actress Keke Palmer. Not too long after she had her baby, she was seen at an Usher concert (he currently has a residency in Vegas) in an outfit that showed some skin. Some people--including the baby daddy--thought she was showing too much skin. "You're a mother now" was the comment I think the baby daddy made. Needless to say, Keke clapped back on that. I didn't blame her because 1) she looked damned good for having a baby and 2) Yes, she's a mother. And? Mother's can't be sexy? It's not like she was whoring herself out to Usher or anything, but, y'know, societal expectations. Fabbity-fab post as usual, Miz J.
There is a whole lot of pink, mostly in the beginning and at the end. The sets are so cool and they didn't use any computer generated anything. It's all actual sets or old school mechanics which I thought was really cool. But I digress. Even not as a mom, I've seen how much of a shame culture there is around being a mom, especially on social media and for famous women like Keke. That's such a great example. It's so unfair. I don't see anyone shaming any dads for what they do or what they wear. Thank you as always for reading and commenting 😊
“It’s too hard!” is the best-delivered sentiment of the movie, in my opinion—and there are lots of powerful lines in that film. Terrific perspective, Jackie.
That is another gold start moment in her speech and in the movie. It really is too hard sometimes. Thank you for reading!
That's so deep. And I'm so glad that America was the one to make that speech. Haven't seen this movie. Don't know if I could withstand all the Pepto Pink. When you said this "I’m not a mother so obviously I can’t much speak to this one, but I know that my many friends who are mothers have to juggle an entirely extra set of expectations on how they’re “supposed” to act and move through the world," it reminded me of that actress Keke Palmer. Not too long after she had her baby, she was seen at an Usher concert (he currently has a residency in Vegas) in an outfit that showed some skin. Some people--including the baby daddy--thought she was showing too much skin. "You're a mother now" was the comment I think the baby daddy made. Needless to say, Keke clapped back on that. I didn't blame her because 1) she looked damned good for having a baby and 2) Yes, she's a mother. And? Mother's can't be sexy? It's not like she was whoring herself out to Usher or anything, but, y'know, societal expectations. Fabbity-fab post as usual, Miz J.
There is a whole lot of pink, mostly in the beginning and at the end. The sets are so cool and they didn't use any computer generated anything. It's all actual sets or old school mechanics which I thought was really cool. But I digress. Even not as a mom, I've seen how much of a shame culture there is around being a mom, especially on social media and for famous women like Keke. That's such a great example. It's so unfair. I don't see anyone shaming any dads for what they do or what they wear. Thank you as always for reading and commenting 😊
"I don't see anyone shaming any dads for what they do or what they wear." SO TRUE! Societal standards are so fucked up.
You know how I feel about not feeling all your feelings. You are a force, Jackie. You owe no apologies. And I love it when you speak your truth. xo
Hugs 🤗