Trust Issues

New Motherhood in the Age of Trump

Learning to trust myself as a parent has been one thing, but I don’t trust the world with my son

J. Courtney Sullivan
GEN
Published in
9 min readJun 13, 2018

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Illustration by Thoka Maer

In October 2016, I found out I was pregnant. In November, I felt a thrill upon taking my unborn child into the booth with me to vote for the first female president of the United States.

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J. Courtney Sullivan
GEN
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New York Times bestselling author of the novels Commencement, Maine, The Engagements, and Saints For All Occasions. www.jcourtneysullivan.com