Thanks so much for this—I appreciate, very much, the valuable insights of the "feminism of care," but there's something about it that's always seemed incomplete to me. I loved that it centered children, but I wasn't sure how to locate my own childlikeness (and childlessness!) within a framework that focused so much on the very grown-up experience of parenthood and caregiving even as it valued the reality of dependency. You articulate beautifully here what I could never quite find the words for, that (blessed) tension between "household Christianity" and "monastery Christianity."
I've read this three times now and I've loved it more each time. "But even (especially?) from a Christian perspective, there is something missing in this feminism of responsible adulthood." YES! And yes to Riot Grrls and St. Francis having more in common - throw away the trappings (traps?) of success and respectability. Get it girl!
lol well, this is extremely "aspirational" or imaginary for me right now--my day-to-day life is household in the extreme. I'm simultaneously seeing the good that "household Christianity" can foster (including in the arena of self-gift) and the ways in which it can distort one's perspective. I guess that is what all punks say when they get a haircut and a job....
Lol. I think 'extreme household' can be its own brand of punk, or done with punk energy? These days hot tea, a little home, a warm cat, old sweatpants and a calm mind unburdened by society's pressure to be consume more, produce more seems pretty punk to me...
Thanks so much for this—I appreciate, very much, the valuable insights of the "feminism of care," but there's something about it that's always seemed incomplete to me. I loved that it centered children, but I wasn't sure how to locate my own childlikeness (and childlessness!) within a framework that focused so much on the very grown-up experience of parenthood and caregiving even as it valued the reality of dependency. You articulate beautifully here what I could never quite find the words for, that (blessed) tension between "household Christianity" and "monastery Christianity."
I've read this three times now and I've loved it more each time. "But even (especially?) from a Christian perspective, there is something missing in this feminism of responsible adulthood." YES! And yes to Riot Grrls and St. Francis having more in common - throw away the trappings (traps?) of success and respectability. Get it girl!
lol well, this is extremely "aspirational" or imaginary for me right now--my day-to-day life is household in the extreme. I'm simultaneously seeing the good that "household Christianity" can foster (including in the arena of self-gift) and the ways in which it can distort one's perspective. I guess that is what all punks say when they get a haircut and a job....
Lol. I think 'extreme household' can be its own brand of punk, or done with punk energy? These days hot tea, a little home, a warm cat, old sweatpants and a calm mind unburdened by society's pressure to be consume more, produce more seems pretty punk to me...