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Feminism & motherhood

Below are the best resources we could find on Feminism and motherhood.

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To Be a Woman: The Birth of the Conscious Feminine

Essays by psychologists, feminists, and scholars discuss the changing role of women, the development of conscious femininity, female-initiated divorce, the return to motherhood, and female-centered spirituality

Connie Zweig (editor), Deena Metzger (contributor), Robert A. Johnson (contributor), Marion Woodman (contributor), Riane Eisler (contributor), Jean Shinoda Bolen (contributor)

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Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution

Adrienne Rich’s influential and landmark investigation concerns both the experience and the institution of motherhood. The experience is her own―as a woman, a poet, a feminist, and a mother―but it is an experience determined by the institution, imposed on all women everywhere.

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Power Moms: How Executive Mothers Navigate Work and Life

A retired Wall Street Journal editor and mother compares two generations of women—boomers and GenXers—to examine how each navigates the emotional and professional challenges involved in juggling managerial careers and families.

Joann S. Lublin

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How to Raise a Boy: My Mission to Bring up a Son Fit for the 21st Century

Increasing awareness of the price of toxic masculinity has led many parents to wonder how best to prepare the young men of the future. One father consults the experts.

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Regretting Motherhood: A Study

Women who opt not to be mothers are frequently warned that they will regret their decision later in life, yet we rarely talk about the possibility that the opposite might also be true—that women who have children might regret it.

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Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less

Once the poster girl for doing it all, after she had her first child, Tiffany Dufu struggled to accomplish everything she thought she needed to in order to succeed.

Tiffany Dufu, Gloria Steinem (foreword)

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Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward

Day in, day out, women anticipate and manage the needs of others. In relationships, we initiate the hard conversations. At home, we shoulder the mental load required to keep our households running. At work, we moderate our tone, explaining patiently and speaking softly.

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All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership

In an era of seemingly unprecedented feminist activism, enlightenment, and change, data shows that one area of gender inequality stubbornly persists: the disproportionate amount of parental work that falls to women, no matter their background, class, or professional status.

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The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World Is Still the Least Valued

In the pathbreaking tradition of Backlash and The Second Shift, this provocative book shows how mothers are systematically disadvantaged and made dependent by a society that exploits those who perform its most critical work.

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Transparency and Vulnerability: Family, Anxiety and Self-Preservation Featuring Shay Jiles, Lifestyle Blogger, The Prince and the P

Shay Jiles is an influential mommy blogger and entrepreneur. Through her journey, Shay has been transparent about her challenges coping with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and anxiety and how it has interfered with her self-confidence and focus, all while she’s managed a growing family brand.

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