There's a new Mommy Wars book on the market, this one issuing an
order to cease and desist with all the trivial fighting between working
and lounging mothers. Opting In: Having a Child Without Losing Yourself,
has a "Calgon, take me away" title, but it's written by feminist author
Amy Richards so, you know, it's surely not all about the power of the
mani-pedi.
However! As a ground soldier in the Mommy Wars, having
been stopped-lossed with my second kid just as things were easing up
with the first, I have to say I was taken aback with this description
of the book's aim, as summarized by an interviewer who spoke to the
author on Salon:
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