Em Rata x Postpartum Sex, Co-Parenting With ChatGPT & Choosing Your "Mum Aesthetic"

From Everything Is Content by Beth, Ruchira & Oenone

July 17, 2026 · 59 min · Season 2 · Episode 179

About this episode

The episode discusses motherhood, postpartum experiences, the concept of 'mum aesthetics', and the role of AI in co-parenting.

Hello beloved EIChilden! This week we're your committed content matriarchs, bringing you a special episode all about mothers, mothering and motherhood. We start the episode discussing a recent essay in The Cut by actor, model and author Emily Ratajkowski where she explores her post-baby/post-divorce sex life. Is her tale of degradation, millennial men and going from dimly lit bar to baby bedtime aspirational or just plain un-relatable? Then we move on to the pressure to subscribe to a particular mum-aesthetic- butter moms, analogue moms, tuscan moms, gentle moms... the list goes on and only gets more exhausting. Is this slop or a way for women to retain identity after giving birth? And finally- could ChatGPT actually be an effective coparent? Female business-owners and AI companies are banking on it, investing big in AI technology that helps mums keep on top of the mental load of parenting. We take a closer and more critical look. Thank you so much for listening! We'll see you as always next Wednesday! O, R, B x Oenone's favourite depiction of motherhood is in The Gilmore Girls, Ruchira's a sucker for Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) and Never Have I Ever and Beth thinks…

People in this episode

Hosts: Beth, Ruchira, Oenone

Topics covered

motherhood
postpartum
co-parenting
mum aesthetic
AI in parenting

Keywords

postpartum sex
motherhood
mum aesthetic
co-parenting
AI parenting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wired, Deadline, The New York Times

Books & works: The Cut, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Lady Bird, The Babadook, Never Have I Ever