Shortly after the birth of her daughter, singer-songwriter Ani Difranco spoke in 2008 with Mothering's Candace Walsh about pregnancy, birth, motherhood, surrender, and her “new boss.” Inspiring empowered, passionate, thinking women for years with her music, poetry and spirit, Ani speaks of her new found passion for mothering her little girl.
Reprinted from Mothering issue 148, May-June 2008. 8 pages.
Excerpts:
"If you can appreciate being where you are even in those early years of giving most of your energy, time, and love to your kid, give yourself over to it and reap everything that it has to offer in terms of lessons and growing, the unconditional love will flow back your way."
"The minute my child was born, I was reborn as a feminist. It’s so incredible what women do. I find it metaphorically resonant that a pregnant woman looks like she’s just sitting on a couch, but she’s actually exhausting herself constructing a human being. The laborious process of growing a human is analogous to how women’s work is seen."
—Both from the Mothering interview with Ani DiFranco
