No, she wasn’t “hiding” her being pregnant, she was merely selecting when to inform her colleagues. The truth is, it seems the set couldn’t have been extra supportive.
Justine Lupe goes on to explain how: “EVERY single particular person on this set made positive I used to be cosy and brought care of.” Each one from her co-star Kristen Bell to the present creator Erin Foster to the costume designer Ally Greven to the cinematographer Adrian Peng Correia labored together with her to make sure she felt protected, snug, and, most significantly, that she was in a position to do her job.
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It is easy to see why headlines jumped to color an image of a lady having to cover her being pregnant from her colleagues — sadly, that is nonetheless the most typical story. However as Lupe explains, it’s doable for ladies to be correctly supported throughout their pregnancies at work.
“I say this all as a result of there’s a narrative that it’s a demise sentence of types to turn into a mom on this trade,” she writes. “That your profession will probably be over. That there isn’t room for us after we transition into this AWESOME new chapter of our lives. This new model of ourselves. And the narrative isn’t based mostly on nothing, there’s a lengthy historical past of this being the case, however I do suppose that issues are altering! I’ve been fortunate sufficient to see a few of my finest pals do some bonkers unimaginable work pregnant or as new mothers and it’s been vastly expansive. It appears foolish to react to headlines being put on the market however this set made me really feel so protected creatively and interpersonally and I believe it’s essential for ladies to listen to THIS narrative.”
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Perhaps the extra we unfold the optimistic tales about working whereas pregnant, the extra open, accepting and supportive workplaces in each trade will turn into. Lupe’s story is an uplifting reminder — being pregnant is much from a “demise sentence” for a girl’s profession. And perhaps it is time we embraced a brand new narrative.