September 2017 - Suzanne Venker

What Ivanka Trump’s Confession Reveals About Modern Motherhood

September 22, 2017 by Suzanne Venker

Whenever the media compare the lives of women today with the lives of women ‘back in the day,’ it’s almost always framed as net gain for us. But as Ivanka Trump’s explanation for why she suffered from postpartum depression demonstrates, the losses modern women have incurred are huge. According to BabyCenter.com, postpartum depression “results from a combination of hormonal, environmental, emotional, and genetic factors that are beyond your control. Other factors include the physical exhaustion

7 Reasons Why I’m Not a Feminist

September 19, 2017 by Suzanne Venker

Over the years I’ve spoken out against feminism, I’ve had to explain ad nauseam that feminism is not what it claims to be. I’ve said from the beginning that its ultimate goal is the destruction of the family. Or more specifically, the destruction of motherhood. Here’s a perfect example. I’m in the middle of reading a memoir called At Home in the World, by Joyce Maynard, who coincidentally came of age in the heyday of feminism. In one of the letters Maynard wrote in the 1960s to the writer J.D.

Archives for September 2017

What Ivanka Trump’s Confession Reveals About Modern Motherhood

7 Reasons Why I’m Not a Feminist