I wrote it on a whim and very quickly and effortlessly, because this is the shit I talk about all the time anyway, and it was read by millions of people and the comments were so heartwarming. ![]() I wrote a piece for The New York Times called “Is Sex Dead for Parents?”. That is exactly what provoked me to get this book deal. My mother gave us the greatest gift of all, which was really not giving a shit what anybody thought of us and that has sort of led me to a place where I can write about anything without worrying how it will make me look or sound. ![]() I came from endless love and, more than that, this idea that it’s okay to be me. I wanted to be called “Mommy.” I wanted to have my kids to come home to and no one else at the end of the day.Īnd you write about having a great mom yourself. When you say you were hardwired to be a mom, what did that feel like, exactly? I’m a little bit of a rebel and a little bit of a troublemaker, but I am also a really grounded person who wants to be a mom. I tried it on a couple times it felt deeply uncomfortable and unpleasant. I always felt like I was straddling both, because I come from a very close, happy family and I wanted that, but I also was just not wired for marriage or a more conventional life. There’s two roads to take-the married-with-kids traditional life, or the sexy, badass road. ![]() Most people can’t separate those things why do you think you were able to?Īlyssa Shelasky: That was always the struggle for me. You didn’t want the traditional path of getting married and getting a house and then having a baby, but you did always want to be a mom.
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