Sarah Haider 👾 on X: "I wrote about why I find most of the fertility discourse irritating: Daycare blows, tax credits do not make up for lifelong career harm, and "status" can't be separated from economic reality. We need to make motherhood RATIONAL, not merely bearable. Some highlights 🔽 https://t.co/0InnF6XxGH" / X
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I wrote about why I find most of the fertility discourse irritating: Daycare blows, tax credits do not make up for lifelong career harm, and "status" can't be separated from economic reality. We need to make motherhood RATIONAL, not merely bearable. Some highlights 🔽
Sarah Haider 👾 @SarahTheHaider I wrote about why I find most of the fertility discourse irritating: Daycare blows, tax credits do not make up for lifelong career harm, and "status" can't be separated from economic reality. We need to make motherhood RATIONAL, not merely bearable. Some highlights 🔽 12:54 AM · Mar 28, 2026 142.5K Views 49 0 4 9 54 0 5 4 460 0 4 6 0 239 0 2 3 9
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