#mamasunite

[aweboxshop]

The build up of excitement, the daydreaming of who your baby will be, the butterflies in the stomach you’ll get from the anticipation of meeting your baby for the first time... everything you’re going through right now, mama, will all be worth every single second of it. Congratulations to all expecting mamas this 2020. What an unforgettable year for all of us. #pregnancy #expectingmama #inspiration #mamasunite https://www.instagram.com/p/CIfz8y1lYLY/?igshid=15sohlafdcsm6

[staytruelove23]

#mamasunite https://www.instagram.com/p/CHHamKRlv71UXoKOv6TXkesrI29piA2s1-cGvc0/?igshid=bq7l3vr3v2ue

[leisadpayne]

❤️Much love & gratitude for all my mom mentors‼️ ❤️Celebrating all the many ways of motherhood‼️ 💜Happy Mother’s Day💜 #mamasunite #manywaystomother #happymothersday #Amazing #loving #strong #happy #selfless #graceful #discipline #mama #happymothersday #mentorshipmatters https://www.instagram.com/p/BxXnYGtlsfM/?igshid=wuwlsduusbm3

[amy-davidson]

I'm very proud to share this blog with you all... I have never been this open and I have to say it's incredibly cathartic and rewarding. I did not know much about postpartum depression before giving birth to Lennox and maybe my path would have been easier if I had? Who knows... My wish for this blog is that it helps one woman's journey and hopefully she continues on to help another woman and so on and so on... I share more on amydavidson.com (Blog- Baby Blues) If you'd like to read the blog I've put the link in my bio. Xoxo #speakup #postpartum #mamasunite

[sarahsophief]

Up On AT ONCE (link in profile): Three Ways To Support Refugee Families. Including donating baby/child carriers. Poem by @nayyirah.waheed. #refugeeswelcome #mamasunite

[roxymanning]

Today's look for this morning's @fashionmamasla #mamasmakingit panel: black pants embellished with dog hair, blouse with a side of baby slobber and a low ponytail styled (pulled out) by my sweet daughter. Because I was running out the door without a moment to spare (as is the case basically everyday for me) I just had to roll + go, imperfections and all. We as women, and esp moms, tend to be so hard on ourselves and one another, it's easy to feel less than or that you aren't doing a great job. But we should. And we should support one another, as we did this morning, hearing each other's triumphs and tribulations, with providing insight, reaffirming similar experiences with a nod and even sharing a warm hug. Because we are all dealing with something as moms. But no matter how imperfect it is, as I try to juggle a career and motherhood, being Bray's mom is still the best part of my life ❤️ #redcarpetroxy #mamasunite #sohohouse #fashionmamasla #ootd (at Soho House West Hollywood)

[manuraaja]

Repost from @peaceful_barb Happy Mother's Day! 💖 As I remember my mom I often think of this line by the poet e.e. Cummings: “I carry your heart with me. I carry it in my heart. I am never without it. Anywhere I go you go, my dear.” My latest blog honors all moms- link is in my bio. I hope every mother out there feels loved and celebrated on this very special day! ✨😘 #ThePractice #HappyMothersDay #MamasUnite #CelebrateEachother

[ndependentqueen]

Please keep voting for my Kaden! He's entry 277230 at photosearch.gerber.com #mamasunite #gerberbaby #photosearch

[mamasmakehappy]

As we approach back to school season my wish is that as mamas we will support one another in our individual journeys. Whether you choose private school, public school, homeschool, unschool, or whatever it may be as long as you are doing what is best for your family that is what matters. Let's stop comparing and let's start supporting! Our journeys are just that OUR journeys. #wishimaywednesday #stopmommywars #mamasunite #supportandencourage #backtoschool {{Mamasnak💋}}

[sarahsophief]

A Snippet From My AT ONCE "Shit Together" Questionnaire (link in profile). We will profile badass parents regularly. Photo by @amanda_charchian. "A big, difficult, part of keeping our shit together has to do with equal parenting. We aren’t there yet as a society. Some of the hardest conversations we’ve had as a couple have been about equal parenting and placing value on our roles as caregivers to our children. These conversations are difficult because childcare is still weighted toward the mother. Men, on the other hand, are entitled to work, work late, work hard, and work to the bone, because those are the messages they are sent as boys and men. My friend Maya came up with this great question: “Is it just me or is it systemic?” When we can take our personal issues out of a power structure and see the ways in which gender roles, toxic work culture and systemic structures of race, class, gender, etc all effect how we parent and work, then it’s easier to talk about in non-combative ways. The last tool in my "shit together” belt, is accepting that I will fuck up. And that’s ok. In fact, it’s our job as parents, from the moment our child comes into the world, to create an escape hatch for them. They have to leave us. They have to want to leave us. Parenting is an endless string of good-byes. As sad as this is, it kills us to see them grow up, but it would kill us more for them not to (I’m paraphrasing someone here, let me know if you know who it is!)." #feministparenting #equalparenting #raisegirlsandboysthesameway #mamasunite

[sarahsophief]

Hey! Over at: atonceonline.tumblr.com (link in profile & on Facebook) We Proudly Introduce our "Shit Together" Questionnaire! We noticed that we tend to assume that other mothers/parents have their act together. We noticed that the guilt, feelings of failure and self-flaggelation are carried privately and quietly. We also noticed that we don't always share our tips on keeping our shit together, self-care and the inevitable learning curve of raising humans. In the spirit of unity, in the spirit of transparency and in the goal of lifting the veil on the systemic factors that get in the way..... we give you our "Shit Together" series where we ask parents we love to tell us how they manage and even thrive! #mamasunite #equalparenting #raisegirlsandboysthesameway #stayhuman #feministparenting photo by @siouxnesi

[sarahsophief]

I'm Thrilled To Announce The Launch Of AT ONCE: an online community exploring the intersection of feminism and mothering with @nicolefelizokumu! Link In Profile. Some More About Us: We are Sarah Sophie Flicker and Nicole Okumu. We met at Mills College when we were young women. Discovering our feminism, the intersections of our experience, and our divisions, our voice, our understanding of culture and our place in it. In the midst of the empowerment I remember thinking, “Well, I can’t ever be a mother because my feminism doesn’t square with the role mothers play in our culture”. I remember thinking there was no room in feminism for motherhood. Many years later, here I am with 3 kids, Nicole with 2, and motherhood has made me more of an ardent feminist than ever before. That said, motherhood has confused my feminism at times, feminism has left me with few answers on the many questions of motherhood. Feminism has me firmly believing that motherhood, should be at least, the most uniting experience for women. We are launching this tumblr in a humble attempt to address, in one accessible spot, the many questions at the intersection of feminism and motherhood. We create this space for information, community, support and dialogue. We create this space as an attempt to address our own unsettled questions. We are very open, and eager, for your voices, your concerns, your recommendations. Motherhood, fatherhood and parenthood so often feels isolating and beyond personal. This space begs the question, so well phrased by Maya Singer, “Is it just me or is it systemic”? Power On! Love, Sarah Sophie and Nicole #AtOnceOnline #feministmothering #mamasunite #mamasforchoice

[sarahsophief]

This Isn't A Scary Pumpkin. At least it shouldn't be. My feeling is that we need reframe birth. Take it out if the realm of the scary, the gorey, the gross, the embarrassing. In fact, birth is fucking amazing! Look what our bodies can do! Look at the physical athleticism of the act! It's no mystery that birth has become disempowered, that women's bodies are legislated, politicized, and controlled. We have A LOT of power. And that threatens the status quo (Talkin to you GOP). No matter the method of a birth, it is always a victorious, miraculous, albeit painful and laborious act. Let's work to reframe birth & let women define their births in the best way they see fit. I celebrate this pumpkin (via @empoweredbirthproject). Happy Halloween!! #mamasunite #everywomanwillingeverychildwanted #mamasforchoice

[sarahsophief]

My new piece is up on @refinery29! On Getting Free & Why We Need To Stop Feeling Guilty. An excerpt: And, then there is the idea that in order for women to get ahead, we have to pull up our socks and adopt a masculine attitude. I bristle at this suggestion. We have to stop demanding women act like men, and women have to stop personalizing the societal and political structures that are designed to hold us back. And I don’t mean “speaking up,” or pushing back against “the confidence gap.” I don’t mean “leaning in,” or “opting in,” or any of those things. Let’s look at the bigger picture. Let’s look at the way policies and politics fail women and, in this case, especially mothers. Why is it that fathers make 30% more than mothers across the board? #mamasunite