The Muppets is (are? I’m sticking with is) my oldest fandom and I cycle away from them but I always come back so hi, time for me to reinvigorate my muppets obsession, welcome. 🐸πŸͺ•πŸŒˆ

A helicopter was just flying low and loud too close to my house and I’m very glad it seems to be gone now.

πŸ’¬πŸ“š “We give the people we mother our bodies, and what they will recall is our presence and heat, our animal closeness.” Angela Garbes, Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change

πŸ’¬πŸ“š “I don’t believe care work has to wreck us. This labor can be shared, social, collectiveβ€”and transformative.” Angela Garbes, Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change

πŸ’¬πŸ“š “Those who mother are the sanitation workers of bodiesβ€” handling the refuse, the filth and putrescence, living in the stink.” Angela Garbes, Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change

For Garbes, mothering is a type of care work not reserved exclusively for parents.