I hate Mother’s Day, always have, and it’s so validating just to have a newsletter say “fuck Mother’s Day.” Thank you. It’s extra fun that Nurse’s Week also happened this week so I get two sets of performative meaninglessness to still be simultaneously unseen (here’s a pin/pair of socks/red delicious apple, sorry no way to get you all the staff/supplies you need to do your job) and “celebrated.”
Oh my gosh YUP - It was teachers' appreciation week this week too - seems like America loves to treat as many caregivers as possible to empty platitudes all at once!
I remember reading once that the best sales day of the year for Kentucky Fried Chicken is Mother's Day and that just felt so grim to me. I love fried chicken and I'm not a snob about fast food, but boy does that have the feeling of "let's give mom the night off from cooking" in the most phone-it-in way possible? Yes, yes it does.
Also, the worst PR ad I got for Mother's Day coverage was a tie between a pitch from Carnival Cruises about a mother/son pair who work for Carnival on different ships (so touching, how they see each other never?) or a soda that has fiber and apple cider vinegar for the "mom who does it all". Hard pass.
I hate Mother’s Day, always have, and it’s so validating just to have a newsletter say “fuck Mother’s Day.” Thank you. It’s extra fun that Nurse’s Week also happened this week so I get two sets of performative meaninglessness to still be simultaneously unseen (here’s a pin/pair of socks/red delicious apple, sorry no way to get you all the staff/supplies you need to do your job) and “celebrated.”
Oh my gosh YUP - It was teachers' appreciation week this week too - seems like America loves to treat as many caregivers as possible to empty platitudes all at once!
Thank you so much for this!! Second annual and hopefully many more to come
I remember reading once that the best sales day of the year for Kentucky Fried Chicken is Mother's Day and that just felt so grim to me. I love fried chicken and I'm not a snob about fast food, but boy does that have the feeling of "let's give mom the night off from cooking" in the most phone-it-in way possible? Yes, yes it does.
Also, the worst PR ad I got for Mother's Day coverage was a tie between a pitch from Carnival Cruises about a mother/son pair who work for Carnival on different ships (so touching, how they see each other never?) or a soda that has fiber and apple cider vinegar for the "mom who does it all". Hard pass.
A SODA THAT HAS FIBER I CAN NOT.
Moms deserve lasers 😭😭😭
To zap people with! 👹👍🏽👍🏽
lol 100%
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Have been looking forward to this ALL WEEK (year). 🍿🍿🍿
SAME