I feel the exact same brain-zonk as you do when I read that. It's inexcusably bad - and mind boggling if it wasn't intentional. I mean "I Became a Mother at 25, and I'm Glad I Didn't Wait" is just so much better.
So, I guess what I'm saying is; it's meant to brain-zonk you to prevent your dismissal of the sentiment out of hand.
EDIT: Reading it again: it looks like the word "Sorry" is really important to the title-maker - it has liminal connections to the other words in the title (I'll skip the "I"s and the negative modifiers because that's just a lazy centering mechanism loved by neolibs:
Became: A becoming, a growth, a development; ties into "Mother" and liminally into "Wait" as a near antonym - waiting to become is a near oxymoron.
Mother: Responsibility, caring, pregnancy, trauma; ties into "Became" - as in a new becoming, a new life being brought forth - and "25" - triggers recall of stories that millennials are waiting longer to have kids - and "Sorry" - triggers recall of abstinence education and motherhood as a consequence - and "Wait" - triggers recall of abstinence education and the warping of sexuality in state-run educational institutions.
Sorry: Regret, the negative, consequences; ties into "Became" - squandering opportunities and regretting a becoming - and "Mother" - tying into feelings and fears of unpreparedness or inadequacy at being a mother. Also acts as a negative.
Wait: Slown down, reconsider, delay; while liminally tying into other words, "Wait" serves as an emphasizer on the multiple negatives in the title ("Not Sorry I Didn't - triple negative? )
"Sorry" pulls so many lanes of thought: "Sorry I became;" "Sorry I became a mother;" "Sorry I waited." In addition, the other negatives in the sentence pull you in different directions while the Sorry acts as both a negative and a recall avenue.
Horrible double negative in that headline. That sort of thing doesn’t even usually bother me but reading that makes me feel like I’m having a stroke.
I feel the exact same brain-zonk as you do when I read that. It's inexcusably bad - and mind boggling if it wasn't intentional. I mean "I Became a Mother at 25, and I'm Glad I Didn't Wait" is just so much better.
So, I guess what I'm saying is; it's meant to brain-zonk you to prevent your dismissal of the sentiment out of hand.
EDIT: Reading it again: it looks like the word "Sorry" is really important to the title-maker - it has liminal connections to the other words in the title (I'll skip the "I"s and the negative modifiers because that's just a lazy centering mechanism loved by neolibs:
Became: A becoming, a growth, a development; ties into "Mother" and liminally into "Wait" as a near antonym - waiting to become is a near oxymoron.
Mother: Responsibility, caring, pregnancy, trauma; ties into "Became" - as in a new becoming, a new life being brought forth - and "25" - triggers recall of stories that millennials are waiting longer to have kids - and "Sorry" - triggers recall of abstinence education and motherhood as a consequence - and "Wait" - triggers recall of abstinence education and the warping of sexuality in state-run educational institutions.
Sorry: Regret, the negative, consequences; ties into "Became" - squandering opportunities and regretting a becoming - and "Mother" - tying into feelings and fears of unpreparedness or inadequacy at being a mother. Also acts as a negative.
Wait: Slown down, reconsider, delay; while liminally tying into other words, "Wait" serves as an emphasizer on the multiple negatives in the title ("Not Sorry I Didn't - triple negative? )
"Sorry" pulls so many lanes of thought: "Sorry I became;" "Sorry I became a mother;" "Sorry I waited." In addition, the other negatives in the sentence pull you in different directions while the Sorry acts as both a negative and a recall avenue.
what's your background, if you don't mind saying? where does this sort of analysis come from?
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brilliant! excellent work!
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