RebelZva – Anarchy Guru

by rebelzva & cptxbonnot

I used to think that having a baby would soften me. That motherhood would make me more “normal,” more willing to accept the world as it is.

I was wrong.

Becoming pregnant has made me more radical than I’ve ever been.

Suddenly everything feels urgent. Every system that controls, extracts, and harms people now has a face — my child’s future face. The state, the schools, the medical industrial complex, the endless cycle of wage labor and consumption… they’re no longer abstract. They’re coming for my baby.

Here are just a few reasons why motherhood has pushed me deeper into anarchist thinking:

– The medical system treated my body like a machine to be managed the moment I got pregnant. Appointments, tests, interventions — all of it framed as “necessary” without real informed consent. I started reading about freebirth, midwifery, and the long history of male doctors pathologizing women’s bodies. It made me furious.

– Schooling now feels like a direct threat. The idea of handing my child over to the state for 8 hours a day to be taught obedience, conformity, and sanitized history makes my skin crawl. I’ve been diving into John Holt, Ivan Illich, and Taking Children Seriously — realizing that real education happens through freedom and trust, not coercion.

– The economy looks different when you know a tiny human is coming who will need time, attention, and presence — not two exhausted parents working 50+ hours a week just to afford rent and daycare. The nuclear family model suddenly feels like a trap designed to keep us isolated and compliant.

– Authority itself feels more sinister. Every time someone says “because I said so” or “that’s just how it is,” I hear it through the ears of my future child and think: no. We will not raise them to obey without question.

Sources that helped me see this more clearly:

– “Taking Children Seriously” (TCS) philosophy — treating children as full moral agents rather than property.

– John Holt’s work on unschooling and natural learning.

– bell hooks on love as a radical force in family life.

– Various anarchist writings on freebirth and rejecting medical authoritarianism.

I’m not saying every parent becomes an anarchist. But for me, carrying this child has made the stakes unbearably clear. I don’t want to raise a compliant little citizen. I want to raise a free, curious, loving human who knows their worth and questions everything.

Motherhood didn’t tame me.

It lit a fire under me.

What about you? Has becoming (or wanting to become) a parent changed how you see the world or the systems around us?

We’d love to hear your thoughts.

rebelzva & cptxbonnot ❤️