Is there a more insulting role than “mom”? According to New York Times correspondent Julie Bosman, you’d be hard-pressed to find one:<\/p>\n\n\n
SMH. New York Times Correspondent says "Ugh" to review of best selling author calling her a "Mom." https:\/\/t.co\/k4SlS24eVn<\/a><\/p>\n — Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) October 8, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n \n<\/p> Let’s have a look:<\/p>\n\n\n Wrote a critically acclaimed, bestselling book and a hit screenplay? Still a "mom" first, says @peoplemag<\/a>. #ugh<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/VPpcDDsp3u<\/a><\/p>\n — Julie Bosman (@juliebosman) October 8, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n \n<\/p> Ewww! “Mom” is such an icky word!<\/p>\n\n\n @juliebosman<\/a> WOOOOOOOOOWWOWOW<\/p>\n — Amy Schellenbaum (@acsbaum) October 8, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n<\/p> @juliebosman<\/a> @peoplemag<\/a> You’ve GOT to be kidding me.<\/p>\n — Kristi Luther (@KALuther) October 8, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n<\/p> @juliebosman<\/a> @LianaBrooks<\/a> @peoplemag<\/a> You seem surprised that we're defined by the function of our uteri : P<\/p>\n — Cathy Pegau (@CathyPegau) October 8, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n<\/p> @juliebosman<\/a> @peoplemag<\/a> Because biology is destiny? Because reproductive status is all that makes women interesting or valuable? Meh.<\/p>\n — Mary Margaret (@MaryMeg) October 8, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n<\/p> @juliebosman<\/a> @peoplemag<\/a> Ick! Do "they" ever mention Dad status for a male writer? Hemingway first and foremost a "dad?" Nope.<\/p>\n — Mara Buck (@mara_buck) October 8, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n<\/p> @juliebosman<\/a> I'm so sorry. The more accomplished a woman, the more pejorative the patriarchy @peoplemag<\/a> @younglibrarian<\/a><\/p>\n — Keira Soleore (@KeiraSoleore) October 8, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n<\/p> @mattdpearce<\/a> @juliebosman<\/a> @peoplemag<\/a> woof<\/p>\n — Scott Heins (@scottheins) October 8, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n \n<\/p> Yeah, woof. And, well, don’t even get Julie started on mothers-to-be:<\/p>\n\n\n On the same page: @peoplemag<\/a> story about Rosamund Pike focuses on fact that she's pregnant. Why? pic.twitter.com\/0o181SMETh<\/a><\/p>\n — Julie Bosman (@juliebosman) October 8, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n \n<\/p> Because patriarchy. DUH.<\/p>\n\n\n I long for the days when women's magazines assigned profiles of writers just because their work was interesting.<\/p>\n — Julie Bosman (@juliebosman) October 8, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n \n<\/p> With all due respect, Julie, give it a rest already. What’s wrong with a woman embracing motherhood as part of her identity? What’s wrong with respecting that?<\/p>\n\n\n Ew, ick! How dare they say "MOM." It's not like it's the most important job in the world or anything.<\/p>\n — Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) October 8, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n<\/p> .@juliebosman<\/a> @peoplemag<\/a> Maybe she sees her job as a Mom as the most important? Some of us do, you know. #UghToYou<\/a><\/p>\n — Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) October 8, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n<\/p> .@KatMcKinley<\/a> @juliebosman<\/a> @peoplemag<\/a> I remember when we all honored moms. What happened?<\/p>\n — Michael Wade (@mjwadeesq) October 8, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p> Read more: http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2014\/10\/08\/ew-ick-spotlighting-motherhood-makes-nyt-correspondent-say-ugh\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/FuriousDShow\/status\/519984184740569088 Is there a more insulting role than “mom”? 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New York Times Correspondent says "Ugh" to review of best selling author calling her a "Mom." https:\/\/t.co\/k4SlS24eVn — Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) October 8, 2014 Let’s have a look: Wrote a critically acclaimed, bestselling book … Continue reading ‘Ew, ick!’ Spotlighting motherhood makes NYT correspondent say ‘ugh’<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":70601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[409],"tags":[42016,42014,42015,38812,103],"class_list":["post-70600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-ew","tag-julie-bosman","tag-kathleen-mckinley","tag-motherhood","tag-twitchy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/15813063683260-screen-shot-2012-11-06-at-1-19-51-pm.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70600"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}