Mothers Shouldn’t Make Too Many Sacrifices

2023, sublimation print on chiffon fabric, 54 x 216 in

Mothers Shouldn’t Make Too Many Sacrifices details the typical daily schedule of a stay-at-home mom, of the relentless and arduous nature of unpaid domestic labor. Domestic labor is presented as inherently feminine work, innate and fitting to women physically and psychologically. Women are thus persuaded, even coerced, into believing that housework is a natural and inevitable pursuit. The pink chiffon fabric, soft and delicate, represents the gender specificity of domestic labor. Juxtaposed with the factual, de-personalized text describing daily domestic tasks, urgent and challenging to read through the use of complimentary colors and layering, the aesthetic quality of the chiffon glosses over the demanding reality of the work.