In case you missed it, earlier this week, the ever-controversial Miranda Devine raised the ire of a whole lot of people — renowned comedian and presenter Em Rusciano chief among them — by writing a column for the Daily Telegraph titled 'Don't let your career make you a bad mother'.
Devine's column — which we won't link to here, for reasons that should be obvious — is a typically insipid, thinly veiled assault on the right and desire of women to be a part of the working world. It laments that "mother" has apparently become a "dirty word", and claims that "motherhood is under threat" (despite the fact there are over 7 billion humans on this planet), because women are too apparently focused on defining themselves by their careers, or some such rubbish.
This fact did not escape the notice of revered rapper — and son to a working mother — Illy, who took to his Facebook page on Wednesday to provide a rebuttal to Devine's "argument", using his own mum as a prime example that being a woman in the workforce is not the same as being a bad mother or selfish person.
"My mum has worked multiple jobs my whole life," Illy wrote. "Because she's fantastic at helping others, but mainly, she worked herself to the bone to make sure her family was alright.
"So when the vile, clickbaiting fool that is Miranda Devine writes an article 'Don't Let Your Career Make You A Bad Mother', and calls women who focus on their careers 'selfish', I have to take a second to tell her to fuck off.
"Mum isn't selfish, and definitely not a bad mother. She's the epitome of selfless and hard working, and she is a fucking SUPERHERO in my family's eyes. And my family tree is FULL of women who are the same, and so are my friendship circles.
"So, Miranda Devine, please do us all a favour and fuck off. Come live in the real world before you comment on it, jackass."
It seems insane that we're still having this discussion in 2017, but at least people are willing to call that shit out for what it is.
(In the spirit of equality, Illy also acknowledged the contributions of his dad: "Shout out to my old man as well," he wrote in a comment on his post. "Mum didn't do it alone. Which makes the jobs that single mothers that I know do even more incredible.")
Amen, dude.
While we're here, don't forget that Illy's got a run of shows on the horizon next month for his 'The Two Degrees' tour with Spit Syndicate, Paces and Maribelle.
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