y’all, i know most mommy bloggers are usually absolutely vile, and the “wine o’clock” culture is so annoying, but really think about it: why don’t we talk about how alarming it is that mothers feel the need to constantly talk about wine, drink wine, buy trinkets that have quirky sayings about wine, and yet no one is concerned that maybe patriarchal marriage structures are contributing to alcoholism in women? why is it that, if a mommy blogger says she takes shots of tequila to get through her day it would be alarming, but having a wine tumbler that says “mommy juice” or “i wine because my kids whine” (a real thing i have seen online for purchase) isn’t… scary?
i just think we need to have conversations about how the structure of modern motherhood and marriage is maybe super harmful for women? and maybe one solution is to normalize men taking more responsibility in the home and as parents. this goes along with useless husband “jokes” where women chuckle over a bottle or two of wine (!!!) about how their husbands are so clueless and helpless. normalize husbands doing the cooking and dishes. normalize husbands taking part time work in order to care for the kids. it’s not about shifting power from husband to wife, it’s about deconstructing the need for power in the first place.
There’s a woman who comes into my gym regularly who’s like this. There’s a liquor store close by and she always comes in with a bottle of wine from there, works out and then goes home and drinks it. She jokes about it but like…I see her about 4 days a week so like she’s downing an entire bottle of wine in the evening at least 4 times a week. Is that not alcoholism?
Hey, so….. I’m pretty sure that by a combination of gemetics and Rose’s particular interest, amethyst is the closest thing Rose/PD has to a daughter. For me that seriously corresponds with how amethyst has been acting like the older sibling who got out of a toxic household and is trying to support her brother who’s still in it when it came to finding out about Rose/PD. She’s the only gem who just wants to know how Steven feels and prioritizes his emotional state, rather than making it about her (not that Pearl and Garnet didn’t have good reasons).
Amethyst and Steven are so close that they don’t even need to dance to fuse. There has never been a intergem fusion on the show that didn’t involve dancing. Not even stevonnie. I feel like theirs is the unconditional love of siblings, the only people who can understand fully how the other feels.
Amethyst is the only gem that doesn’t initially condescend or doubt Steven’s intuitions, despite the fact that Steven regularly surprises even Garnet and is regularly underestimated by Pearl. She supports him when he questions things, even when she can’t provide an answer.
Amethyst’s relationship with Steven often gets overlooked because she’s the least motherly, but I’m pretty sure that’s why they have such a strong bond. She gets him, and doesn’t treat him like a helpless child. She’s been in his shoes. She’s always gonna have his back.
She’s his sister.
the whole wrestling episode is 100% sibling culture
There is a similar story of a man who drives a water truck for a game reserve on Africa. There is a man-made watering hole he fills up every day, and it’s like the freaking water truce scene in the jungle book. Every creature in the area politely lines up around the pond and waits for him. A lot of the more social animals like baboons or hyenas will greet him. Nobody messes with him or his truck, because he often is escorted by lions or elephants that know him like DO NOT IMPEDE THE WATER GUY.
