Ever since the movie “American Pie” coined the term MILF, yoga pants have replaced mom jeans, and thank God top knots are way easier than spending hours teasing your 80s-style coif. Moms are hip, young, and fresh these days. Women strive to be MILFs, ammiright? I mean, guilty as charged, personally, but is this term really one we want to continue striving for?
For those who don’t know this term, it stands for Mother I’d Like to Fuck, to put it bluntly. When you really spell it out like that, this knickname that so many strive for seems pretty degrading, really. It is a male-driven standard that solely takes into account a woman’s appearance, rather than her self-worth.
As women continue to shift the societal balance and rise up, I would like to create a more empowering word for us to emulate instead… MIA: Mama I Admire. Instead of competing with each other, let’s lift ourselves and the women around us up and build a sense of community where we can ALL thrive!
From here on out, Mondays (okay, okay, I’m a day late!) are going to be MIA Mondays here on Rooted Radish! I’ll share a Mama I Admire and why I think she deserves a little extra love that day. Is there a mama you could lift up each Monday on social media? Use the hashtag #mamaiadmire and let’s build a vast community spanning the globe of women we admire!
MIA: Ali
Ali is a mentor & friend who is a true renaissance woman - seriously, she DOES. IT. ALL. She’s a serial entrepreneur, yogi, media maven, gentle but fierce soul, current grad student, + single mom. She is an inspiration!