"If America Ferrera doesn't have me time, what mother does?"
Irina Gonzalez says she received this text from a friend who was reacting to the actor's recent Instagram post where she expressed how difficult it is for her to factor in self-care.
huffpost.com/entry/self-car…
Irina Gonzalez says she received this text from a friend who was reacting to the actor's recent Instagram post where she expressed how difficult it is for her to factor in self-care.
huffpost.com/entry/self-car…
However, "the things that [Ferrera] describes, such as eating breakfast and drinking coffee, are not self-care," Gonzalez writes. "They are ... basic human needs — and we as a society need to stop telling women that taking an uninterrupted shower is taking care of yourself.” 
Gonzalez says this is not meant to be a criticism of Ferrera. She counts herself a fan of the star ever since she saw her in "Real Women Have Curves" in 2002. But she says "it's time we as a culture begin to take the needs of mothers seriously."
huffpost.com/entry/self-car…
huffpost.com/entry/self-car…
"Let's stop posting photos of ourselves smiling after the first shower in days and saying how we're so proud to have made time for self-care. Let's stop texting our friends memes about how funny it is that we haven't eaten breakfast until two in the afternoon."
"Instead, let's talk about how taking true care of yourself requires support and help from those around you, and also from society as a whole. Let's talk about how not finding 'me time' every day isn't a time management problem; it's a cultural problem." huffpost.com/entry/self-car…
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