Alanis Morissette opens up about breastfeeding on new magazine cover
And explains why she ‘unschools’ her kids.
April 8, 2020 11:05 a.m.
Latest Update April 12, 2020 12:00 a.m.

Morissette also opens up about therapy (she’s being going since she was 15), self-care (water and meditation), and the cathartic energy of art. She also talked about postpartum depression, which she experienced with her first two children (Onyx, 3, and Ever, 9), and the anxiety she now feels with Winter, who was born in August 2019.“My first two children, it was mostly depression, suicidal ideation, and anxiety. But the depression was so in my face that the anxiety was just background music,” she said. “With this one, it’s mostly anxiety and almost no depression. I’ve come to understand that this is purely animal. With breastfeeding, your oxytocin goes sky-high. Then cortisol goes sky-high because you’re trying to protect the baby from, you know, a potential saber-toothed tiger." She added that "modern times" don't allow for the comfortable recuperation period women need."Ideally, we’re supposed to be ensconced with, like, 51 women, broths, soups, and warmth as the body is reconstructing—as your identity is reconstructing," she said. "Cut to modern times, where the world is very masculine, very alpha, which is completely the opposite. On that animal level, you’re just supposed to be up all night feeding your baby and sleeping all day when they’re napping. Who the f--- does that?"