Comments on: Christina Aguilera Backlash Makes Us Wonder: Why Aren’t Moms Allowed To Have Fun? http://guanabee.com/2008/06/christina-aguilera-backlash-makes-us-wonder-why-arent-moms-allowed-to-have-fun/ Spicy Coverage: Gossip, media, culture and lifestyle for Latinos. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:30:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: BarkBite http://guanabee.com/2008/06/christina-aguilera-backlash-makes-us-wonder-why-arent-moms-allowed-to-have-fun/#comment-11696 BarkBite Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:47:03 +0000 http://guanabee.com/wordpress/?p=3591#comment-11696 When it comes to Christina, I tend to just zone out and not care. Frankly, she's lucky the paps still care to snap her picture after her snoozefest of an album. When it comes to Christina, I tend to just zone out and not care. Frankly, she’s lucky the paps still care to snap her picture after her snoozefest of an album.

]]> By: caramia http://guanabee.com/2008/06/christina-aguilera-backlash-makes-us-wonder-why-arent-moms-allowed-to-have-fun/#comment-11695 caramia Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:48:52 +0000 http://guanabee.com/wordpress/?p=3591#comment-11695 Like Tere says, I think there is a expectation among women, Latina women especially, to stay at home care for the children and play housewife. Anything that defies that condition makes them seem like bad mothers. Like Tere says, I think there is a expectation among women, Latina women especially, to stay at home care for the children and play housewife. Anything that defies that condition makes them seem like bad mothers.

]]> By: Tere http://guanabee.com/2008/06/christina-aguilera-backlash-makes-us-wonder-why-arent-moms-allowed-to-have-fun/#comment-11694 Tere Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:46:47 +0000 http://guanabee.com/wordpress/?p=3591#comment-11694 Her mistake is in trying to publicly defend herself (or feeling like she has to). It's damn hard (and all kinds of identity-crisis-inducing and sometimes even boring) to be a mother and to try to mesh the old you with the new mother that you become, especially with all the expectations that comes with. I personally did not have the energy to party when my son was an infant (but I do now that he's older), but if you can swing it and still tend to your kid's needs in the morning, more power to you. You're damned if you do, damned if you don't - and so you're better off letting it slide off your back. Her mistake is in trying to publicly defend herself (or feeling like she has to).

It’s damn hard (and all kinds of identity-crisis-inducing and sometimes even boring) to be a mother and to try to mesh the old you with the new mother that you become, especially with all the expectations that comes with.

I personally did not have the energy to party when my son was an infant (but I do now that he’s older), but if you can swing it and still tend to your kid’s needs in the morning, more power to you.

You’re damned if you do, damned if you don’t - and so you’re better off letting it slide off your back.

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