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 [...]

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,