Final thoughts on ANTM

So in spite of the fact that all three moms on ANTM made the top four, the only woman who wasn’t a mom in that group wound up winning. I realize that there are plenty of other factors/reasons going into the choosing of a winner, but I want to pretend for a moment that [...]

Opting back in?

There was an interesting article in the NYTimes yesterday about women “opting back in” to the workplace after having children. The author of the article claimed this was a new trend- and that jobs with more flex time and shorter hours were the new thing for these women. Is this another new set [...]

Theorizing pregnancy- surveillance and response

I attended a lecture while I was abroad in Melbourne about fetal politics, with the main thesis of the talk being that increased surveillance of pregnancy via ultrasound and via policing of pregnant women’s behaviors have priviliged the fetus over the mother.
Ultrasounds are now taken not only for medical purposes, but frequently also [...]

Quick News Item!

According to People, Jennifer Garner is working on a project to start a new television show described as “The View” for moms.
She says it will address the challenges of motherhood- perhaps particularly motherhood in the spotlight. The show will definitely be something to keep track of…

Cuddy, M.D.

I just watched an episode of another one of my favorite TV shows- House (the episode was 3×17 if anyone cares).

Celebrity Moms- Angelina Jolie

In honor of Mother’s Day, I thought I might blog about some more celebrity moms. In particular, I wanted to blog about Angelina Jolie- the biggest celebrity motherhood icon right now. In the past three years, Jolie has adopted 3 children from around the world and given birth to one biological child fathered [...]

Happy Mother’s Day

So, obviously, I can’t let this opportunity to blog about mothers on Mother’s Day go by unanswered. With a little bit of research today, I have learned that “Mother’s Day” started in Ancient Greece as a day to worship Rhea, the Mother of the Gods. But the more direct link to the Mother’s [...]

Meredith’s dual moms on Grey’s

Meredith Grey has had a rough year, right? She’s lost two mothers. But what I want to talk about is how those mothers treated her- and her relationship with them- when they were alive.
Ellis, Meredith’s biological mother, was a career woman. She resented Meredith both for hurting her career and for hurting [...]

Volver

So, a lot of the posts I have made have been about pregnancy, or about celebrity mothers of toddlers. I want to talk about parenting/motherhood in the context of older children. There are three things I think I want to talk about: I want to talk about the movie Volver, I want to [...]

Nationalism

There are many layers to deconstruct in a discussion of nationalism and motherhood. I will try to start at the top and work down, but I may lose steam as I plow through so bear with me.
At the biggest level in my mind is the view of the nation itself as a mother. [...]