I’ve had it with “Mom” being used as a prefix or descriptive for something backward, unattractive, technophobic or unfashionable. I wanna know since when was being a mother something shameful and backward?<\/p>\n
The roots of this, I think are even worse than it looks on the surface. Mom, in general, also means “older woman”. And we all know older women are valueless, right? Women are worthwhile and tolerable when you wanna bang ’em, but otherwise? Feh! Don’t clutter up the landscape!<\/p>\n
While I’m enough of a child of my generation that I don’t<\/em> think being a mother is the be-all and end-all of female accomplishment, it is a<\/em> part of what I do and how I spend my days. All the moms reading this know it’s a tough job, and frankly, I’d like a little credit and respect for it. We may not be spending our lives trying to be all hot and hip, but part of that is because we’re trying against almost impossible societal odds to bring up the next generation of decent human beings<\/em>. Sorry if that’s not cool enough for you, but I assure you that you would not want to live in a world where the difficult job of mother isn’t taken seriously by at least some<\/em> of us.<\/p>\n Do I do other things? Yep. In fact everything I do<\/em> requires me to learn and study new<\/em> things on a very regular basis. So you can drop dead with that backward crap.<\/p>\n As far as being technologically hip? That’s my job<\/em>, thanks, so that whole backward thing when it comes to being a mom doesn’t wash at my business. In fact, a good 80% of my students are middle-aged women (moms) and this cultural view of older women being technophobic –that it’s expected<\/em> for them to be so, isn’t something I let ’em get away with. You know what? After a few weeks with me, most of them walk away just as eager to learn and discover on their own as any hip twenty-something.<\/p>\n So, as far as being a “Mom”? Fine, try and brush me aside as middle-aged and not worth too much.<\/p>\n Just don’t get in my goddamned way, because I have shit to do<\/em> and I will run you over<\/em> in the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve had it with “Mom” being used as a prefix or descriptive for something backward, unattractive, technophobic or unfashionable. I wanna know since when was being a mother something shameful and backward? The roots of this, I think are even worse than it looks on the surface. Mom, in general, also means “older woman”. And … <\/p>\n