New article online: Practicing Feminist Mothering

by Krystofer Penner | Published 18th May 2013 in Ways of Seeing

Heather Unger reviews the book Practicing Feminist Mothering, a book that gives the history of feminist thought on motherhood, and she relates the lived experiences of sixteen feminist mothers and their experiences of raising their children.

“Some report that feminist mothering has been a lonely experience. They feel alienated from both their feminist peers who view having children as compliance to patriarchal oppression and non-feminist mothers who see no need to challenge the old ‘sugar and spice, slugs and snails’ stereotypes.”