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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Pregnant Congresswoman

This month, Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash) will become only the fifth Congresswoman ever to give birth while in office.

The Opt-Out Revolution

We’ve all heard about it before- the “opt-out revolution.” Where women who invested time and money into a college education and a career suddenly become mothers and drop everything to take care of the children. It’s a trend- but why? According to this op-ed in the New York Times,

Rising Infant Death in the Southern United States

Just a short one with an interesting link- A front page article in the New York Times a few days ago discussed the rising levels of infant death in the South.  The death rate is linked to both race and class- differentially it is poor, black women whose babies are dying more often.  The article attributes [...]

Grey’s Anatomy last night

On a less serious note, there’s my favorite weekly soap opera popping up with something useful at exactly the right moment.  Okay, so I watched last night’s episode online just now, and of course I have to talk about it.  The situation with Izzie and her biological daughter is certainly an interesting potential plot for [...]

Celebrity Moms- Britney Spears

In talking about celebrity moms, who better to start with than Britney Spears? I don’t think any other celebrity mom has had quite as much coverage of her pregnancy and parenting. I’m sure we can all recall milestone moments of Spears’ becoming a mom: that ridiculous pro-life statue, her current high profile custody [...]