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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Disagree with you all.  I'm glad it's happening. [b] For centuries mothers have been allowed no interior life, and even now it is barely, and only uncomfortably, acknowledged.  (Any great novels with Mom protagonists? No!  Definitely not before 1970s.) [/b]

So does that mean you have to think any and all mommy insta posts or memoirs are worthy -- and somehow [i]not [/i] navel-gazing and attention seeking? NO. They probably are.

But it is ridiculous to carve out mother confessions from all other confessionals. And sexist and myopic too.

So if you do not like endless self-regard, fine.  But then stay off all social media.  No need to declare mommy blogging any more narcissistic than the next pundit/commentator/social media maven (or bitch about a lady's mascara).[/quote]

Took me literally 5 seconds: The Awakening, Main street. Give me 5 more seconds I'd I've give you more.

I don't think there is anything especially problematic about this category of performed, attention seeking Instagram posts. It's all empty. It *might* only qualify for more scorn because it proposes to be about making connections and about real-life, when it's all still  self-promotion and fakery.  I don't know enough about social media to know if most public posts also do the "let's connect and be real real together" pose.[/quote]

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