Maggie's Farm

This poor girl has troubles. She doesn't have enough free time and she feels stressed out. And I think I see pills in her future. So, I'm going to be a little bit mean.

"Before I began working on this book, I thought that’s just how life had to be—fast, crazy, busy, breathless—particularly for working mothers in the 21st century. I didn’t think it could change. I had no role models. And didn’t really stop and think about why. Most everyone I knew was busy, with schedules going every which way. I remember talking to another working mother on my cell phone in the car weeping after going back to work after my maternity leave about how burned out I felt and how I missed the companionship and understanding of the mother’s group I’d joined after maternity leave. “This is it,” she’d said. “This phone call is the only kind of mother’s group you’re going to get now.”

After blaming men and "culture", what's left? Well, this poor girl thinks she needs a law to limit her work hours. Of course she does, she can't be responsible for her work schedule. She can't "stop and think about it". She needs to be told. Is she representative of her peers, I hesitate to ask? Because, DAMN.

She had no role models either. What, where did Pippi Longstocking go? Great stuff, bring on the crazy.