Echolocation
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Frida Kahlo – Artist/Ill/Infertile Mother
Much of my pamphlet (out on Wednesday with Mother’s Milk Books) deals with mothering and pain. From the first cramps of labour, much of mothering is painful – the child’s first accident, first heartbreak, the cruel things they can say, the mistakes you inevitably make. But there are more personal reasons that pain seeps into…
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Marie Curie – Scientist Mother
Recently Twitter user Daurie has been highlighting the way women are written about by tweeting about famous men in terms of their familial status: Pierre Curie, married and proud father of two, found time for love and family during his short scientific career. This week’s blog is about Marie Curie, married mother of two who,…
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Kate Bush – Singer-songwriter/Strange Mother
Kate Bush is not just a singer-songwriter. She is first and foremost a creator. Like Bowie who passed away recently, as well as an incredibly distinctive voice, it is her other talents – dancing, performing, composing – that combine to be far bigger than the whole. The rhythms of creativity run through to her marrow…
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Margaret Garner – Protective Mother/Murdering Mother
Few people would disagree if I said that there could not be a worse mother than a mother who murders her children. A mother’s job is to protect, surely? But what if you have been bred into slavery and have children, quite possibly by your white master who rapes you whenever it is convenient to…