How Should a Person Who is Also a Mother Be?

In the face of monstrosity, what does it mean to be "good"?

I started watching Dead Ringers this week— a show about maternity, fertility, sexuality, doubling, codependency, and greed. I was struck in the first episode by how violently the show portrays birth, but I set aside my knee-jerk reactions and gave it a chance. Now I’m hooked.

Rachel Weisz plays twin sisters, one who doesn’t give any fucks about anything,…