Edward is now a gurgling, joyous seven-month-old and I am at last – and some would say not before time – starting to look outwards at the world around me again. I have hunkered down since he was born in order, I think, to survive, although this has been in a psychological sense since I [...]
Entries Tagged as 'The Politics of Motherhood'
United Nations report on child well-being in economically advanced nations
February 22nd, 2007 · No Comments · Reports and Research, The Politics of Motherhood
A report out last week says that the UK is ranked as the worst place in the Western world for children to grow up.
The UNICEF report ranks child well-being in economically advanced countries.
According to the report, the UK and US are the worst places for children to grow up. The Netherlands topped the league, followed [...]
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Motherhood vs mothering
November 28th, 2006 · No Comments · The Politics of Motherhood
I had an email last month from Georgia (hi Georgia) asking me about the terms ‘motherhood’ and ‘mothering’, both of which I use on this site. She asks are these terms interchangeable or is there a difference between them? My answer is I’m not sure, at least ‘officially’ – I’m not a scholar [...]
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The problem with motherhood
September 19th, 2006 · 19 Comments · The Politics of Motherhood
Yesterday I was paid for an article I wrote about parenting. It was a good moment. Although I have been writing for nearly two years it was validation of my writing efforts to receive money for writing more or less what I write here every week (For free! What a bargain for you all!).
Which [...]
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Stay at home mom
August 24th, 2006 · No Comments · Stay at Home Mother, The Politics of Motherhood
My annual postgrad alumni invitation has once again arrived with a thud in my inbox. It always feels heavy, even though it is an e-mail, because you can sense the gravitas with which my college issues the summons. And it does feel like a summons rather than an invitation.
These days I receive it [...]
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Isolated parenting
October 26th, 2005 · Comments Off · Post-Partum Depression, The Politics of Motherhood
On Monday I watched a programme called “Having a Baby Ruined my Life“. I would normally avoid programmes like this because having a baby didn’t ruin my life – although it made it bloody hard at times – and any programme broadcast on Channel Five is generally rubbish. But as I watched I found [...]
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What it is (to be a mother)
February 5th, 2005 · No Comments · Stay at Home Mother, The Politics of Motherhood
I’ve been trying to pinpoint what it means to be a mother, particularly a stay-at-home mother, in the twenty-first century. I don’t mean the day-to-day stuff. That is obvious enough. But when I think back to how far women’s rights have come in the last few years it seems impossible that we are still at [...]
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