The History of the VertebrateOn 20 December 2015 I became a mother and I went mad.On a single day, Mar Garca Puig gives birth to twins and becomes elected to the Spanish Parliament as a member of the insurgent left wing party Podemos. What might have been the best day of her life becomes the start of a terrifying ordeal; Garca Puigs grip on reality begins to slip as she grapples with uncertainty, the weight of expectation, and misogyny in both of her new roles. In defiance of a