17th November 2006

Hollywood joins the working mom crusade

posted in Working Moms, Mom Rants, Celebrity Moms |

Seems like every celebrity has a baby (or 2) these days.  Between Suri, Jayden, Violet, and Matilda, Hollywood moms do not lack for NMFs.  Joining the baby brigade is one thing, but being a voice for working moms is another.  It seems of late that Hollywood actresses are consistently being featured and asked by journalists about what it’s like to be a working mom. 

This week alone, Patricia Arquette was interviewed on Today, Tina Fey appeared on The View, and Annette Bening was interviewed on Women24.com about their thoughts on balancing career and family.

THESE are the women we have to listen to about balancing work and raising kids?  I’m not trying to be bitter, but ’scuse me for not pitying the Hollywood moms who can afford any amount of childcare, get to bring their kids to work AND take major amounts of time off between projects.  They still get to go to the gym, get their hair blown out and have a stylist pick out their clothes.  Sometimes it even seems that their baby is just another cute accessory they get to wear.

I can handle celebrities discussing areas I don’t know so much about like what it’s like to adopt a child from Africa, how they lost 75 pounds on a diet, what they wore to the Oscars and how they’re going to Save Darfur.  But when it starts to tred on territory I’m familiar with it starts to irk me. 

You don’t see me auditioning for a part on a new NBC pilot, do you? 

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There are currently 4 responses to “Hollywood joins the working mom crusade”

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  1. 1 On November 17th, 2006, sarah o. said:

    Years ago I attended a talk in downtown Chicago featuring some national newswoman discussing this very subject. Within minutes all the moms in the audience looked appropriately pissed. Seems this speaker was not only rich enough to have round the clock nannies but got tons of special personal mother-time privileges at the studio.

    The only audience members who left happy were the married men who’d come just to ogle her.

  2. 2 On December 5th, 2006, Go easy on Gwen « Interior Office said:

    […] This may sound contrary to some of my recent rants on new celebrity moms, and I’ll probably take some flack for this post, but I can sympathize with Gwen Stefani.*  Her newest album, “The Sweet Escape” is reviewed in the December 4 New York Times, and well, the review ain’t that sweet.  […]

  3. 3 On February 28th, 2007, LIZ said:

    HI
    I JUST WONTED TO KNOW IF ANY OF THIS NEW CELEBIRTY MOMS
    NEED A NANAY OR ASSETENT TO LOOK AFTER THE BABAYS, I’M INTRESTED…THANKS.
    SINCERLY LIZ

  4. 4 On March 9th, 2007, Inspirational celebrity working mom quote of the day » Self-Made Mom said:

    […] I like to keep tabs on celebrity working mothers (usually to complain that they claim to have the same issues we do), but every once in awhile I will come across someone who actually speaks the truth.  Today’s celebrity quote is brought to you by Mary-Louise Parker as told to People.  When asked the question, “… is it hard being a single mom?”  She answers: No, because I spend a lot of time not working. I take William to French class and….” […]

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