Articles about 'motherhood'
A fever you can’t sweat out
Sarah Tinsley reviews Fever Dream by Samantha Schweblin and finds it to be a powerful and haunting novel which grips to the very end
Sarah Tinsley // 3 March 2017
Introducing March’s guest blogger
We welcome our guest blogger for March, Sally Parkin, who will be exploring motherhood and raising a daughter in a patriarchal society
Amy Grant // 1 March 2017
Categories: Blog
Tallulah: all about mothers
Caitlin Warren praises Tallulah as a poignant exploration of femininity and motherhood through complex characters
Caitlin Warren // 4 October 2016
“Why aren’t you pregnant yet?” The questions infertile women dread
Many young women receive intrusive questions and remarks about when they might get pregnant. Laura Cooke describes how that feels for women who can't have the families they would like
Laura Cooke // 19 August 2016
Categories: Body and Health, Family, Features, Sex and Relationships
From baby to ‘Bitty’: How old is too old for breastfeeding?
During World Breastfeeding Week, writer Feminist Parent explores why there is so much stigma towards UK mothers who breastfeed their children beyond early infancy
Feminist Parent // 5 August 2016
Categories: Body and Health, Family, Features
Making jokes about ‘women things’
Nick Beard experiences a click of recognition with the comedy of Kerry Godliman
Nick Beard // 21 March 2016
Being a mother, being a feminist
Although Jane Chelliah has encountered schools of thought that don’t see motherhood as particularly feminist, she champions the importance of motherhood and calls for recognition that it can be empowering and crucial to some feminist identities
Jane Chelliah // 20 March 2016
Categories: Blog
How unconscious bias is a barrier to mothers
For International Women's Day, our March guest blogger Jane Chelliah writes about the ways in which unconscious bias affects mothers, with assumptions made about them limiting their opportunities
Jane Chelliah // 8 March 2016
Categories: Blog
Feminist mothering
What is feminist mothering? Jane Chelliah talks about how she realised she was a feminist mother and the importance of recognising the diversity of motherhood
Jane Chelliah // 6 March 2016
Categories: Blog
Understanding motherhood in a time of austerity
Akile Ahmet examines three prominent celebrity mothers favoured by the gossip columns and how they have been stereotyped to reflect the ideas and rhetoric of the austerity age
Akile Ahmet // 3 November 2015
Categories: Culture and Media, Family, Features
On love and abandonment: The Second Mother
Huma Munshi is touched by The Second Mother, Brazilian director Anna Muylaert’s film about a domestic worker that questions rigid social hierarchies as well as obvious familial arrangements
Huma Munshi // 1 September 2015
The second EdFringe 2015 theatre digest
Hot on the heels of the first batch, Megan Stodel delivers the latest F-Word theatre reviews from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Megan Stodel // 16 August 2015
What about Mrs Munro?
Victoria O’Neill traces the thread of exclusion of women from all fun activities, investigative and beyond, in otherwise brilliant Mr Holmes
Victoria O'Neill // 30 July 2015
Come to think of it, why do we want to have children?
Women in their 30s are under plenty of pressure to reproduce now or regret it later. It isn’t easy to resist this pressure either; but do we ever really question our motives behind wanting children? Rosie Driffill thinks asking ourselves why we think we want children might be a start
Guest Blogger // 14 July 2015
Categories: Blog
SERET 2015 Festival preview: Self Made
Agata Ostrowska enjoys the eeriness of Shira Geffen's new film, to be screened during the upcoming London Israeli Film and Television Festival (11-21 June)
Agata Ostrowska // 30 May 2015
All grown up and still no kids
After reading Abigael Watson's recent blog, Liz Smith wrote a response, telling her experiences as a 32-year-old woman who continues not to want children
Liz Smith // 17 August 2014
Categories: Blog
The mother of ambitions
Abigael Watson doesn't want to have children. It seems society finds that a difficult message to digest
Abigael Watson // 16 August 2014
Categories: Blog
Birth and ownership: Forest of the Dancing Spirits
Chrissy D is touched by a documentary about tightly knit community of women in the Congolese rainforest challenged by the encroachment of civilisation
Chrissy // 11 June 2014
The many moods of motherhood
At an exhibition of photography centred on motherhood, Philippa Dunjay finds much to consider as different artists portray hopes, fears, misfortunes, joys, trials and questions of maternity
Philippa Dunjay // 16 November 2013
On mothers-in-law
I came to the prospect of having a mother-in-law with some trepidation. At a point in my life when I was bruised and weary, I expected my then-boyfriend's mother to disapprove of me on sight. When that didn't happen, I waited for it to occur. By the time I realised we were going to be okay, we had become family.
D H Kelly // 1 November 2013
Categories: Blog
Where did the fathers go?
It is of course hilarious to think that the main reason people who have sex would want to prevent a pregnancy is that they aren't up for the health risks associated with it. As if the fact that, you know, there might be a baby at the end of it, a real person who would need care and love 24/7 for about another 18 years or so, isn't part of the equation.
Linnea Dunne // 1 September 2013
Categories: Blog
Zubeidat Tsarnaeva and the Muslim mother as terrorist
Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, mother of the 'Boston bombers', has become a figure of controversy. Yasmin Gunaratnam argues that blaming Zubeidat for her sons' actions is part of growing resentment against Muslim mothers
Yasmin Gunaratnam // 10 May 2013
Categories: Culture and Media, Features, Politics and Current Affairs, Racism, Stereotypes
How becoming a mother made me a UK Feminist
Canadian Lyndsay Kirkham examines how she has developed a relationship with UK feminism through her efforts to raise a feminist, bi-cultural son
Guest Blogger // 26 April 2013
Categories: Blog
Health, personal responsibility and guilt: holding mothers to account with ‘total motherhood’
A guest post from Chrissy D about a recent open lecture at Kent University from Joan Wolf, the author of 'Is Breast Best?', on 'total motherhood' and the harmful myths swamping the discourse on parenting
Guest Blogger // 16 February 2013
Categories: Blog
Why Have Kids? A brief critique
Chrissy D takes a look at Jessica Valenti's recent book on motherhood and finds herself feeling a little short-changed
Guest Blogger // 4 November 2012
Categories: Blog
