by ellenboeder | Nov 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
I know there’s this thing about midlife women finally saying, “I don’t give a f*ck!” It speaks to how they no longer care what others think of them, or whether they measure up to society’s ideas of how they should be, act, live, work, mother, or look–and I’m...
by ellenboeder | Sep 21, 2017 | attachment, empowerment, Feminism, health, Marriage, Motherhood, psychology, relationship
Family action shot above, though not a moment of overwhelm. Just a little birthday celebration for me at our favorite creek spot. My son is not grimacing in pain, but making that face because he knows how to crack me up. If you are a mother, I am 100%...
by ellenboeder | Apr 21, 2017 | empathy, empowerment, Feminism, Motherhood, psychology
“I never thought you were a mother.” The woman who spoke these words to me had only seen me in passing at a yoga class we both attend on a random basis. That is the whole sum of our interactions. And yet she had formed a little story of who I am. She’s not...
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...
