Tilda Swinton Acknowledges The ‘Bloody’ Reality Of Being A Mother
Tilda is quoted by The Guardian as saying:
“That feeling of being left at the end of the day with yourself ”¦ Of course, in Eva’s case it’s extreme, a nightmare scenario, but it’s not that far from the everyday experience of being a parent, being up against your own monologue whomever you are talking to.”
She went on to point out the trials of being a child, the stress in maintaining a family, and the experience of birth.
“It is a bloody business being in a family; a bloody business having a child and a really bloody business, as we know, being a child. It is a truly murderous business giving birth: it is a violent place to go.”
Tilda’s quotes serve mothers well in providing a counter to mythologies about childhood and birth being consistent, deliriously happy experiences. In being honest about her family, she expands the notion of motherhood just a little more.