All Posts

Elizabeth Velez responds to Monica Hesse's article on the heiress and discusses representations of maternal instinct in modern media....

Kathleen Felli explores narratives of motherhood and self-acceptance in the critically acclaimed album. In August of this year, hip-hop...

Kathleen Felli shares her thoughts on the recently released Barbie and the themes of motherhood present in the film. Last weekend, my...

Kathleen Felli tackles the Netflix hit's representation of the fabled "maternal instinct." Can assassins be mothers? Netflix’s recently...

Kathleen Felli comments on the Oscar-winning film and the sometimes complicated relationship between immigrant mothers and...

Professor Elizabeth Velez and Kathleen Felli comment on the juxtaposition of two articles printed on the December 31, 2022 issue of The...

Kathleen Felli writes readers' reactions to the bestselling memoir and the cultural dilemma of how to talk about abusive mothers. Over...

In light of her recent passing, Reading Motherhood remembers the country superstar and her staunch support of reproductive rights. Read a...

Leila Sebastian (COL '24) looks at horror classic Rosemary's Baby and relates it to the real-life horror of the Supreme Court's overturn...

Kathleen Felli reflects on the retirement of the tennis superstar and where her motherhood fits in the narrative of her career. When I...

Read this excerpt from Vanessa Corcoran's new book It's A Marathon, Not A Sprint, discussing mothering during the pandemic.

We highlight 11 new highly anticipated books that center mothering themes.

For The New York Times Magazine, Lydia Kiesling examines the mothers of The Lost Daughter, C'mon C'mon, Scenes from a Marriage, and more.

Rachel Yoder answered our questions about her acclaimed and wholly original novel Nightbitch.

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois is a remarkable debut novel from Jeffers, capturing Ailey Garfield and 200 years of her maternal ancestors.

Here are some highlights from our interview with Ericka Sóuter, author of How to Have a Kid and a Life: A Survival Guide.

We are delighted to highlight Ericka Souter’s new book, How to Have a Kid and a Life: A Survival Guide.

Marge Piercy's poem "Right to Life," remains painfully relevant, touching on themes of reproductive justice and women's bodily autonomy.

I was eager to watch False Positive, expecting a film that critiques the ways in which the medical maternal experience is defined by men.

In Of Women and Salt, Gabriela Garcia examines mother-daughter relationships that span decades and countries.