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“Every pregnancy feels somehow unprecedented, and social media is a medium that creates novelty out of ordinary life.”
“The appeal of big-reveal content lies in its promise of authentic human emotion.”
“Attitudes about women’s bodies also conspired to keep pregnancies shrouded behind modest, tentlike maternity wear.”
“When Demi Moore appeared naked and seven months pregnant on the cover of Vanity Fair in 1991, the public was not ready.”
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“Big reveals operate to compete within the dizzying churn by making a spectacle out of commonplace family reproduction.”
“Of course, when it comes to bodies on screens, there are always rules about what to represent, and how.”
“Displaying pregnancy the “right” way has become as rigidly codified as pregnancy was tightly controlled and hidden a century ago.”
“Even as birth rates fall, a pregnant body remains an object of nearly pathological fascination.”
““I feel like I’ve changed.”
“It’s an affective onslaught, and a quiet little family picture is simply not going to register amid all the spectacle.”
“This self-enforced seclusion reinforces a shared visual language on social media.”