art – I'm Worried My Therapist Hates Me: A neurotic millennial's musings and doodles on life, parenthood, and the myriad ways she can blame her mother for her troubles.

Rachel’s Favorite Art

Cassatt, 1978: Has any painting captured ennui as perfectly as Cassatt’s “Little Girl in a Blue Armchair”? This painting might as well be titled “Quarantine 2020” or “Virtual School.” While my children prefer Minecraft pajamas to frilly white dresses and fancy leather shoes for their daily scoffing, I assure you the facial expression defies timeContinue reading “Rachel’s Favorite Art”

Masters

GIVEAWAY!!! Head over to my Instagram account @imworriedmytherapisthatesme for your chance to win your very own entry (like the one above) with your 2 favorite pieces of art! I am lucky to be able to visit my favorite painting of all time any time I want (at least that was the case pre-kids and pre-pandemic).Continue reading “Masters”

Literature and Art

You know what’s super depressing? Revisiting your favorite children’s books and realizing you can’t read them to your own kids, or that if you do you must also have conversations about imperialism, racism, body image, or sexism. Poor Curious George – a colonizer with a big yellow hat literally steals him from Africa, puts himContinue reading “Literature and Art”

Bodies

I wish I lived back in the time when plump bodies were the ideal of beauty. Not only would I have been beautiful, but my large post-baby breasts would be back up where they are supposed to be because of the lovely corsets I would undoubtedly be wearing… Shoes are the very best accessory becauseContinue reading “Bodies”