A lot of folks raised themselves.

A lot of mothers are childless.

A lot of mothers have been incarcerated &or sterilized & told their personhood & motherhood are not sacred.

Are mothers incarcerated at the border not mothers.

What about mothers in Palestine,

a US funded open air prison.

What about Indigenous mothers who are ignored, whose children are ignored, when they ask for support. When they go missing.

What about Black women who aren't listened to at hospitals about their own bodies, who are are at least 3x more likely

to die in childbirth (from racist malpractice) than other mothers.

What abt fat mothers who aren't trusted about their own bodies & needs.

What abt people who don't wish to be mothers & are forced into it by disappearing access to safe abortions.

What abt folks who survived

cruel mothers, cruelty sharpened by inaccess to mental health services or joblessness bc of stigma or were kept in poverty by a government who doesn't really care about most mothers.

Today is a mostly empty gesture that alienates so many people.

If today is hard, it's okay.

If you want rage or space or hugs or chocolate cake & steak & to cry, that's cool.

The internet is going to he really loud today abt certain kinds of mothers & mothering experiences. Here is every permission to log off. Here is every permission to take care in the ways you need.