ON MOTHERHOOD
Selected Works Vol. 06
SELECTED WORKS
Vo. 06 - On Motherhood
A selection of works on motherhood, daughterhood and generational connection.
LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER
by Maya Angelou
A powerful, comforting abundance of wisdom. Through these poems, stories, and essays, Maya Angelou guides all of her ‘daughters’ around the world through the joys and turbulence of this one, precious life.
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MATRESCENCE
by Lucy Jones
In this unprecedented and deeply personal investigation, Lucy Jones unwraps the metamorphosis that is matrescence - the becoming of a new mother. As tender as she is technical, Jones writes not just for mothers, but for anyone who’s ever had one.
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“There was something so valuable about what happened when one became a mother. For me it was the most liberating thing that ever happened to me... Somehow all of the baggage that I had accumulated as a person, about what was valuable, just fell away.”
– Toni Morrison
COU COU TALKS VOL.01
by Coco Baudelle
Poignant and intimate. In our first ever Cou Cou Talks, Coco Baudelle shares her experience of becoming a mother, our strongest memories being the ones we can’t remember, and the simple happiness of a rose garden.
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STILL BORN
by Guadalupe Nettel
A nuanced and attentive novel that explores motherhood, maternal ambivalence, and whether it’s better to be or not to be. With no easy answers available, Nettel’s writing is thoughtful and considers the question’s broad range of perspectives with feeling and heartfelt tenderness.
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TONI MORRISON: ON MOTHERHOOD
1987 interview with Bill Moyers
A 1987 interview with Toni Morrison with Bill Moyers on his program World of Ideas. In this conversation, Morrison reflects on the transformative and liberating experience of motherhood & how her children's needs helped her discard superficial concerns and embrace a more authentic sense of self.
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WHY WOMEN STILL CAN'T HAVE IT ALL
by Anne-Marie Slaughter
An honest and introspective essay that reflects on the question as old as feminism itself. Anne-Marie Slaughter considers the sacrifices inherent to matrescence, and calls for systemic change to the betterment of the world at large.
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DEEP READ WITH PHOEBE LOVATT
A podcast
The first Deep Read back from becoming a new mother. As always, Phoebe’s questions are both thoughtful and tender, while reflecting on her own experience of new motherhood in conversation with Lucy Jones in the episode “Matrescence, Metamorphosis & The Optimism of Millennial Motherhood with Lucy Jones”
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“We daughters have a tendency to see in our mother’s mistakes the source of all our problems, and our mothers tend to consider our defects as proof of a possible failure.”
– Guadalupe Nettel
