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Collected Item: “Mom!!! Is the coronavirus over yet?”

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Mom!!! Is the coronavirus over yet?

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

drawing, Seattle Times

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

This drawing from the Seattle Times was released on March 13, 2020. Now five months later, this cartoon is relatable to mothers all across the country not just in Washington when it was thought to be the epicenter of the Covid pandemic. Our new norm includes masks, social distancing, and enforced closeness with our family. Most parents are still working remotely while most schools are still not back to normal. Putting the mom shame aside, I would say that after months and months of this I have found that too much togetherness is too much of a good thing.

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covid, working, remote learning, bored, office, togetherness, families, motherhood, HST580, Arizona State University

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/mom-is-the-coronavirus-over-yet/

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

David Horsey

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2020-03-13
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