motherhood
Policing Parents: Jessamine Chan’s “The School for Good Mothers” Imagines a Carceral State for “Bad” Moms
In Jessamine Chan’s debut novel, “The School for Good Mothers,” the question of how to punish bad mothers is answered by the state, in an America not much different from our own.
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Women in the Picture: The Art Historian Challenging the Western Gaze Through a Feminist Lens
A new book explores the power of artistic imagery from Venus to Beyoncé.
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Personal Parallels: Halsey’s Gothic Film Is a Gendered Journey Through Pregnancy
“I am not a woman, I’m a god / I am not a martyr, I’m a problem.”
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Demon Seed: “False Positive” Treats Wombs as Receptacles for Terror
In each of these films, it’s the male ego that guides the doctors and fathers.
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Mother Monsters: Two New Books Get Raw about Mothering as a “Natural” Role
“Maybe this was what happened to all moms and no one had told her.”
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Bad (White) Moms Dominate Christmas Movies
Perhaps we’re not far enough removed from the bigoted assumptions that moms who don’t fit the mold aren’t parenting correctly.
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Shot to Pieces: “Pieces of a Woman” Is a New Take on a Well-Worn Trope
What does it mean to make an “authentic” film about tragedy?
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Abby Johnson Is Hiding Her Racism behind Her Black Son
“Statistically, my brown son is more likely to commit a violent offense over my white sons, okay?”
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“Impersonation” Explores a Power Struggle Between Two Feminist Moms
What can a woman and a mother with no money afford to say no to?
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