The paperback edition of MOTHEDOM is coming!

It’s 25% off in Waterstone’s pre-order sale. Pre-orders boost books. Please help me banish misery-making Good Mother myths.

Use OCTOBER25 at checkout (online only in the UK). www.waterstones.com/book/motherdom/alex-bollen/9781804297544
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Great speaking to @jesshmmm.bsky.social for @nursingclio.bsky.social about how #motherdom offers a more expansive and inclusive vision of care. Also why historical scholarship shows that parenting ideals aren’t timeless truths but are shaped by economic, social & political forces.

Just finished the excellent Motherdom by @alexbollen.bsky.social. love it when writers unashamedly call bollocks on the prevailing cultural narrative. Mothering is a radical act, & society needs to support it instead of blaming us. Will be buying this for all the new & impending mothers in my life!

Thrilled that #Motherdom has been reviewed in @washingtonpost.com along with brilliant books by Nancy Reddy and @hzeavin.bsky.social also taking on the pseudoscience and unforgiving cultural norms afflicting mothers @versobooks.bsky.social

So pleased to be doing a joint event with the brilliant Helen Charman on THE POLITICS OF MOTHERHOOD at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social on Wednesday 21 May, 7pm. @versobooks.bsky.social
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I am doing a talk about my book MOTHERDOM at Chelsea Library on the King’s Road, London on Saturday 17 May, 3-4.30pm. Free entry, tickets available from Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/motherdom-breaking-free-from-bad-science-and-good-mother-myths-tickets-1329772177379?aff=oddtdtcreator

Also felt very privileged to be there. Ann's work was such an important catalyst for change but, as Ann herself said, many of the problems her work highlighted are still with us

Want to hear about the politics & history of mother blaming? Come to @blackwelloxford.bsky.social on Thursday 10 April at 5.30pm - I'll be talking about my book #Motherdom and why Good Mother myths harm all women @versobooks.bsky.social

Tix here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alex-bolle...

Why whatever mothers do for their children it is never enough - an excerpt from my book #Motherdom published by @versobooks.bsky.social

Thank you to @huffpostuk.bsky.social
and Natasha Hinde for this great piece on four of the very worst Good Mother myths #Motherdom www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/mother...

Thank you @bookhaus.bsky.social for a brilliant event last night launching #motherdom. Loved the wide-ranging discussion which covered everything from baby toys to the abolition of the family

My Substack piece in honour of #IWD on how rigid gender roles are being reasserted and why Good Mother myths are damaging for all women. substack.com/home/post/p-...

@newscientist.com & @pennysarchet.bsky.social review of #motherdom - how bad science provides easy answers for “big problems like poverty and inequality.” @versobooks.bsky.social
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26535331-800-how-neuroscience-and-bad-studies-have-fuelled-intensive-parenting/

My Substack piece on why I wrote #Motherdom
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@katemanne.bsky.social has been a huge influence on my thinking and I'm very grateful for her brilliant work.

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Today is publication day. #Motherdom officially enters the world.
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My book takes on the Good Mother myths which shame women and divert our attention away from the relationships and resources children need to flourish. www.versobooks.com/products/328...