Rima Grace

And therefore they will get less money.

to write this book?

Because you were pregnant, I believe, when you were reporting it and then postpartum when you were writing it.

How did that inform your reporting?

I think, you know, I hear a lot from my friends about how pregnancy can be pretty lonely.

Motherhood can be difficult, obviously.

Did it help you understand going through that yourself?

Did it help you understand why some people are drawn to family influencers in particular?

Yeah.

Yeah.

And also you made this other great point, which is that the labor of motherhood is unpaid.

Right.

And in a world where everything is commodified, like you could understand that some people like why some people have found a way to monetize this labor that is mentally and physically and emotionally challenging.

Like, yeah, they are simply working within the system that we have.

You know, after reading your book, I also saw it from a different lens of just like how a lot of these women, especially the ones who come from more religious communities, they don't have the opportunity to create a path for themselves.

Like they go from girlhood to motherhood.

And so they don't get to pursue their ambitions.

And this is one way to be able to do it.

Yeah.

Okay.