Who Gives A Shit [Motherhood Editon]: Babies Are Better than Prozac or Oppressive?

French author Elizabeth Badinter unleashes some parenting ideas that I think Allison is gonna srsly dig in her book The Conflict, The Woman and the Mother.

She's a smoking, drinking, 66-year-old mother of three, and she pretty much feels like momz these days need to take a serious fucking chill pill:

"You don't enter a religious order when you have children. Today, we're told we're not allowed to smoke, to eat unpasteurised cheese or seafood or even to a drink a glass of wine when we are pregnant. It's time to stop all that."

She also drops this little gem:

"The baby has become a tyrant despite himself," and that encouraging women to invest themselves completely and totally in motherhood has hampered their happiness."

Oh man, I sincerely hope that Oprah does a show with this woman, cause it would be kind of funny to watch her entire audience of mombies FLIP THE FUCK OUT at her, and then burn her at the stake.

Look, we don't need to turn this into a mom v. non-mom thing, but I will say this: I've noticed that amongst my group of friends/acquaintances who now have kids, the moms who have *other* things going on in their lives (i.e. they don't solely define themselves with the title of "mommy" and remain close with non-mom friends, take classes, have hobbies, continue to work, or just fill up their lives with some occassional non-mommy shit), seem way the fuck more happier and well adjusted.

What do you think?

[First one to say "BOOOORING" in the comments wins].

(via Jezebel).