sweeettea's review
emotional
hopeful
informative
4.0
I'm a big fan of Lucy Knisley so this was automatically going to be rated pretty high for me. Kid Gloves was informative, gave a surprisingly unbiased look on parenthood (especially considering she writes/draws memoirs), and did not at any point seem preachy like the reader should want kids or that it's a blessed experience having children. That being said I do wish that she wasn't quite so gendered, or at least brought up the fact that not all people who birth children are women. And while I love her work, I don't think Lucy does a great job acknowledging the fact that she is privileged (white, straight, grew up very financially stable).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Vomit
Moderate: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Body horror
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