Motherhood is Never Simple

What happens when a book about sex work, patriarchy, and motherhood collides with our own messy stories of choice, pregnancy, and parenting? Pure Real Talk and the reality: Motherhood is never simple.

In this episode, Stacy and Daynah dive into *spoiler alert* Margo’s Got Money Trouble and end up everywhere from pottery-as-therapy and day drinking confessions to abortion stigma, single mom survival, and postpartum euphoria (yes, it’s real). They unpack the way beauty is currency, the patriarchy still shapes every decision, and how women just keep holding it all together.

And because it’s us, we also detour through tramp stamps, 90s nostalgia, and the pop culture comfort food of Netflix binges. It’s sharp, heartfelt, occasionally irreverent, and exactly the kind of conversation your group text wishes it was having.

Content Warning: This episode discusses topics related to pregnancy, including personal decisions around abortion. If these subjects feel overwhelming, please take care of yourself. Your well-being matters most.

• 0:09 | Pottery, Creativity, and Stress Relief
• 1:57 | Day Drunk vs Night Drunk
• 5:15 | Fiction Is Back on the Nightstand
• 6:07 | Sex Work, Stigma, and Owning It
• 13:20 | Beauty, Patriarchy, and Messy Choices
• 20:00 | Abortion in Books vs Abortion in Real Life
• 23:35 | Pregnancy Stories We Don’t Usually Tell
• 34:11 | Single Mom Energy (and the Support It Takes)
• 40:00 | Postpartum Euphoria Is a Thing
• 46:58 | Gen Z, Abortion, and Canceling the Subscription
• 50:00 | Policy, Protesters, and the Foster Care Reality Check
• 55:00 | Men Freak Out Too
• 58:33 | Raising Kids in a Changing World
• 1:13:08 | Identity, Nostalgia, and 90s Throwbacks
• 1:13:32 | Streaming, Escapism, and Pop Culture Bingeing

Find Stacy:

• ⁠⁠⁠⁠realeverything.com⁠⁠⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/realstacytoth⁠⁠⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠⁠⁠missionmakersart.com

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