Emily Matchar Quotes

American culture at large has failed working mothers.

It's not the nineteenth century; I'm not meant to be judged on how good a housekeeper I am. Getting down on the floor with a lemon and a bucket of vinegar does not make me a better person.

Her conclusion: "You just have to follow your own heart" when it comes to medical decision-making.

If you're not at least a tiny bit jealous at this point, you might want to check for your own pulse.

[Judith Warner:] Our neurotic quest to perfect the mechanics of mothering can be interpreted as an effort to do on an individual level what we’ve stopped trying to do on a society-wide one.