Jul 31, 2017
When It Is Considered Monstrous Not to Want Children, and Monstrous to Want Them Too Much
“Most cultures have a female monster who preys on pregnant women and children. In ancient Greece, her name was Lamia.”
“Most cultures have a female monster who preys on pregnant women and children. In ancient Greece, her name was Lamia.”
“When you’ve spent all your life smothering your contradictions, their eruption can undo you.”
“Medusa’s ugliness grew and grew, becoming something greater than herself but still part of her legend.”
“It’s not that we don’t remember what it was like before the sound. If you asked us, we could tell you.”
“When women grab for space men thought reserved for their use alone, those men will surely call us foul.”
“Someday he’ll meet a fate I didn’t think of, and that will be my fault, too.”
“I can’t zoom in far enough to see if we were happy, or sad, or changing, or lying to ourselves.”
