by ellenboeder | Mar 28, 2016 | empowerment, Feminism, Motherhood, nurturing, psychology, values
“Why isn’t motherhood enough?” A smart, career oriented, devoted mother I know recently asked this worthwhile question to a group of mothers discussing the work/motherhood thing (and I’m not going to say work/motherhood “balance” because that phrase makes me cringe)....
by ellenboeder | Mar 7, 2016 | economics, Feminism, Motherhood, nurturing, values
“…mothers can never achieve economic equality in the labor market as things now stand…Workplace marginalization has cumulative effects on a primary caregiver’s income, her status in marriage, her children’s security, and even the economy as whole.” —The Price of...
by ellenboeder | Feb 23, 2016 | Feminism, Marriage, Motherhood, psychology
Ok. I can’t write one more word on this blog without talking about my marriage. This knowing that I have to write about us has been looming since I started writing about motherhood. Because, motherhood is not a solo endeavor for me. My experience as a mother is deeply...
by ellenboeder | Dec 7, 2015 | Feminism, Motherhood, psychology
*By the way, the hardest part of writing this post was finding a picture that would support the lie. Turns out I don’t have a single one that does. So here is a picture of the two people I adore that have turned my life upside down–in the best...
by ellenboeder | Nov 3, 2015 | empowerment, Feminism, Motherhood, psychology
I had two simultaneous reactions to a picture I recently saw of the artist Amanda Palmer. The picture was of Amanda signing autographs while breastfeeding her new baby. On one hand, I felt a sense of victory. These days a woman can be a mother, breastfeeding openly,...
by ellenboeder | Sep 21, 2015 | empowerment, Feminism, Motherhood
When the feminist scholar and professor Andrea O’Reilly was looking for an artist to create the cover for the book, “Mother Outlaws: Theory and Practice of Empowered Mothering,” the majority of the images she received were of pregnant women’s torsos. Though...
