In Which we Continue to bang on Natasha Pearlman

[Dude, how do you not hear that?-Ed]

Well, here's Natasha Pearlman again, complaining that being a fulltime mom doesn't make her happy. There follows a long litany of mommy-wars style guilt with a full barrage of 'I', 'me' and 'my'.

Natasha really wants to be happy.

[Don't we all-Ed]

Bottom line, Natasha wants to work.

But here's the kicker. Despite freelancing and working from home, Natasha still uses childcare:

Since then, I have had to acknowledge a strange truth: that being with my daughter every day doesn't bring me, or her, the happiness and fulfilment I had hoped for.

I now know that the one thing that keeps me sane and calm — and allows me to love Rose so completely — is spending some time apart from her.

That is why I have decided to keep my full-time childcare in place, despite working from home — even if that means working solely to cover the costs of her nursery and au pair.

Lady, have you ever heard to Nap Time?

Being a stay-at-home-Dad/author is something we know an awful lot about. During the winter of 2007 we wrote a dozen magazine articles while staying home with our first born. You see, babies take naps. Not only that, but babies get really interested in bright shiny things like Christmas tree lights or day we say, Elmo. So one can put them down in front of the TV and write for a while, or even clean, cook, or just have a cup of coffee.

This is modern feminism. Someone told Natasha she could have it all. No honey, you can't.

Remember, Feminism is always bad for women.

Feminism is Always Bad for Women (Just not Natasha Pearlman)

Yesterday we castigated Natasha Pearlman for being pregnant while working and insisting a man give her his seat.

We're not really concerned with feminism or motherhood or the endless mommy wars women inflict on each other.

We're interested in class. You see, right now tens (hundreds?) of thousands of pregnant women are going to work. Except almost none of them have magazine editor jobs like Natasha, so filled with glamor, substance, and fabulousness. One of the magazines Natasha edited is called Fabulous. I've checked out Natasha's LinkedIn page and she uses the following superlatives: Writer. Award-winning Editor. Consultant. Creative.* before describing herself thusly:

Journalist, editor and broadcaster with over 14 years experience in the industry, across newspapers, magazines, digital, TV and radio. Campaigner, budding entrepreneur and creative strategist. Cooking obsessive on the side.

Natasha's resume is indeed impressive. Grazia Magazine, Elle UK, the afore mentioned Fabulous, and The Dailymail.* Natasha even has an IMDB page.***

So Natasha has a great life. She has it all, one could say. But those other women riding the tube, the metro the subway. You see, they're not living the fabulous life. They're not magazine editors. They're office managers, bank tellers, ticket agents, etc etc. They have the unglamorous work-a-day jobs that service the glamorous Natasha Pearlman.

Remember, Feminism is always bad for women.

*I myself use Thor, King of the Battlefield, Conqueror of the bedroom.
**Hey! Decision Games, Sovereign Media, Kwarnasey Press, etc etc.
*** We would kill to be on documentaries like Natasha.

Natasha Pearlman awarding other Feminists

Feminism is Always bad for Women

Natasha Pearlman is a super-important jet-set magazine editor type.

She's also 8 months pregnant and upset that men won't give up their seat for her:

One of the benefits women have accomplished through feminism is the ability to be treated equally, despite the fact that we’re growing a human inside of us. I hate the idea my physical ‘condition’ could ever be perceived as a hindrance.

But:

However, much as I would like to deny it, there does come a stage at which biology intervenes — and other people’s common courtesy should kick in. While my brain is functioning just as well as it did pre-pregnancy, thank you very much, there are some realities I can’t ignore.

I wouldn't have given Natasha my seat either.

There's a lot more 'I', 'me', and 'my' in that piece becuase of course there is.*

Natasha had a choice. She could have stayed home. Instead she works, 8-10 hours a day most likely, all while severely pregnant. Well, Natasha made her choice and expects men to adapt to her.

You wanted equality, you got it.

*That's why we like to use 'we'. Stole that from James Taranto.

Below, posh Natasha Pearlman revealing the winner of the Bailey's Women's Prize in Fiction.

Nice screen grab