))
[Linkpost] “The Missing Genre: Heroic Parenthood - You can have kids and still punch the sun” by null
Manage episode 521954640 series 3364758
Content provided by LessWrong. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by LessWrong or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.
This is a link post. I stopped reading when I was 30. You can fill in all the stereotypes of a girl with a book glued to her face during every meal, every break, and 10 hours a day on holidays.
That was me.
And then it was not.
For 9 years I’ve been trying to figure out why. I mean, I still read. Technically. But not with the feral devotion from Before. And I finally figured out why. See, every few years I would shift genres to fit my developmental stage:
I mean, I always wanted babies, but it became my main mission in life at age 30. I managed it. I have two. But not thanks to any stories.
See women in fiction don’t have babies, and if they do they are off screen, or if they are not then nothing else is happening. It took me six years [...]
---
First published:
November 29th, 2025
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/kRbbTpzKSpEdZ95LM/the-missing-genre-heroic-parenthood-you-can-have-kids-and
Linkpost URL:
https://shoshanigans.substack.com/p/the-missing-genre-heroic-parenthood
---
Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
…
continue reading
That was me.
And then it was not.
For 9 years I’ve been trying to figure out why. I mean, I still read. Technically. But not with the feral devotion from Before. And I finally figured out why. See, every few years I would shift genres to fit my developmental stage:
- Kid → Adventure cause that's what life is
- Early Teen → Literature cause everything is complicated now
- Late Teen → Romance cause omg what is this wonderful feeling?
- Early Adult → Fantasy & Scifi cause everything is dreaming big
I mean, I always wanted babies, but it became my main mission in life at age 30. I managed it. I have two. But not thanks to any stories.
See women in fiction don’t have babies, and if they do they are off screen, or if they are not then nothing else is happening. It took me six years [...]
---
First published:
November 29th, 2025
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/kRbbTpzKSpEdZ95LM/the-missing-genre-heroic-parenthood-you-can-have-kids-and
Linkpost URL:
https://shoshanigans.substack.com/p/the-missing-genre-heroic-parenthood
---
Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
701 episodes
Share
