I really enjoyed Gabriellas reading “Nightbitch.” I thought the metaphor of turning into a dog was creative and the chapter did a really good job of showing how overworked mothers can be. Her husband called her a bitch, but she had a lot going on and he was dismissive of her concerns. Being a woman in general can be a lot of pressure, but there’s even more pressure when it comes to motherhood. We see this when she constantly reminds herself not to forget her milk, and then she forgets it one day anyway. I like the part specifically that pointed out the issue with the term “working mother.” It’s so true when the book says that every mother is a working mother, even if she doesn’t have a “real” job. Being a mother is one of the hardest jobs there is because it’s 24/7 and you don’t get paid for it. Overall, I really liked this reading.
I liked Ian’s reading too because learning the history of zombies was new information to me. I didn’t know that the history of the zombie myth had racist origins and that’s something really crazy to think about considering how much zombies are now worked into the media as the article pointed out
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