#‘life is hard’ or about the contradictions of capitalism and realize it doesn have to be this way | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

deanmarywinchester · 1 year ago

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ive spent the last 24 hours in a haze of reading momfluenced and scrolling through the instagrams of all the momfluencers the book mentions and ohhhh my god I have to delete instagram and fling my phone in the river when I’m a parent. you know how being a communist with a weird gender lets you see through the matrix of social constructs sometimes? these ladies are patching the matrix back up with cute gingham as fast as I can tear it down

#does that make sense. like. the thing I’ve found most personally clarifying about leftism is the ability to hear someone tell you #‘life is hard’ or about the contradictions of capitalism and realize it doesn have to be this way #but momfluencers are so squarely of this moment in capitalism and in misogyny and at the same time what they’re selling can be attractive #you know.#my posts #reading tag #and unfortunately I do like the momfluencer aesthetic. not the minimalism but I like linen and chunky pottery and sage green and wood. u kno

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