Arie from The Bachelor did the most predictable and banal April Fools ever and did the fake pregnancy thing.
That was enough to kick off a twitter REEE storm about how abusive it is to women who can't get pregnant. Now ABC News and every leakyboob blogspot seems to be getting in on it to signal boost how the world has to cater to every woman who's ovaries or womb is defective.
I mean, we eat every day. Is that a slap in the face to those with digestive disorders?
https://www.today.com/popculture/ba...-faces-more-outrage-after-april-fools-t126256
https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/Fa...okes-funny-women-struggling/story?id=38085191
http://community.today.com/post/infertility-and-april-fools-dont-mix
I hate to admit it, but I too have done this. I remember calling my sister shortly after my husband and I were married to tell her our "news." Maybe it was funny at the time, but as the years went by and my womb remained empty this prank became cruel and nowhere near funny.
https://www.babble.com/parenting/fake-pregnancy-announcement-april-fools-day/
Then there are those who, like me, who don’t comment. Because the fake pregnancy post is a slap in the face. Another stab to the heart.
A fake pregnancy announcement is a reminder to many women, myself included, that pregnancy may very well never become part of our story. Perhaps this is because a disease, a disability, or an unexplained medical condition has stolen our opportunity to conceive and birth a biological child.
The virtue signalling is real...
That was enough to kick off a twitter REEE storm about how abusive it is to women who can't get pregnant. Now ABC News and every leakyboob blogspot seems to be getting in on it to signal boost how the world has to cater to every woman who's ovaries or womb is defective.
I mean, we eat every day. Is that a slap in the face to those with digestive disorders?
https://www.today.com/popculture/ba...-faces-more-outrage-after-april-fools-t126256
https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/Fa...okes-funny-women-struggling/story?id=38085191
http://community.today.com/post/infertility-and-april-fools-dont-mix
I hate to admit it, but I too have done this. I remember calling my sister shortly after my husband and I were married to tell her our "news." Maybe it was funny at the time, but as the years went by and my womb remained empty this prank became cruel and nowhere near funny.
https://www.babble.com/parenting/fake-pregnancy-announcement-april-fools-day/
Then there are those who, like me, who don’t comment. Because the fake pregnancy post is a slap in the face. Another stab to the heart.
A fake pregnancy announcement is a reminder to many women, myself included, that pregnancy may very well never become part of our story. Perhaps this is because a disease, a disability, or an unexplained medical condition has stolen our opportunity to conceive and birth a biological child.
The virtue signalling is real...