Why Liberation Can’t Be Packaged as Hustle or Homemaking

As a kid, when non-Evangelical adults would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I was always confused. Why ask when the correct answer was clearly “homemaker”?

Certain aspects of the job were appealing. I could exert control over the domestic sphere—things like meal planning, child rearing, decor, and my personal favorite, home organization. There’d be no pointless meetings and good job security.

Fresh out of college, I was lucky to marry a great guy, who (after I put him through grad school) earned enough to support our fledgling family...