“From childbirth to miscarriages, women’s health care in the state has become increasingly dangerous.”
motherhood
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Rachel Aviv: Mother and Daughter
“An interview with the author of ‘Strangers to Ourselves’—and now, ‘You Won’t Get Free of It.'”
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Asian Mothers, Bad Feelings: Notes on An All-conquering Stereotype
“A certain image of the tiger mom— strict, cold and demanding—is ubiquitous in popular culture. Why?”
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The Body I Couldn’t Abstract
“Motherhood reshaped how I see shame, art, and the female body.”
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The Birth Keepers
“Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births–now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world.”
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What Is a Body For?
One desire felt like it would make me more of who I already was, and the other would unmake me entirely.
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Mothering at the End of the World
“We went to North Carolina to see how mothers carry on when their world comes crashing down. Sometimes they hold each other.”