“Mommy Needs Wine” & Other Problematic Mom-Tropes: Episode 183

Meagan and Sarah both enjoy wine and cocktails, but coincidentally we both scaled back our drinking recently and have observations to share. We’re also wary of the pervasive “mommy needs a drink” trope and the way meme culture in general aims for cheap laughs with potentially harmful side-effects. Today’s episode gets into the gray area between carefree happy hour and full-blown addiction, and we talk honestly about the places alcohol and motherhood overlap.

 LINKS MENTIONED:

• Sunday’s More Than Mom epsiode
• Aidan Donnelly Rowley and her blog posts on the dry life, her regular Instagram feed (which Sarah loves), her @drybeclub community, and her podcast EDIT
• Parenting With a Buzz: When Does Alcohol as Self-Care Become a Problem? (Kristen Mascia for Parents)
• How Mommy Drinking Culture Has Normalized Alcoholism For Women In America (Sarah Cottrell for Babble)
• #Winemom culture is about SO much more than wine—and we need to talk about it (Emily Glover for Mother.ly)

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