Motherhood is full of agony, but its songs are deemed “nice”
I’d always shied away from writing sentimental songs about having babies for fear of seeming too soppy.
ByNew Times,
New Thinking.
I’d always shied away from writing sentimental songs about having babies for fear of seeming too soppy.
ByEach year thousands of women suffer the nightmare of a traumatic birth. I was one of them.
ByThis intimate memoir explores the contradictions of being a parent, a partner and an artist – singly, and all at…
ByI thought my husband and I were equal in our social freedoms and status. Then I became a mother.
ByA protean Tilda Swinton completely inhabits the roles of both mother and daughter.
ByBritain’s maternity services are underfunded, understaffed and divided by an ideological battle over the best way to give birth.
ByMotherhood is the most profound metamorphosis most women will go through. Why is this process so overlooked?
ByI want to have children – so why does getting pregnant fill me with fear?
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ByThe midwife and author on reproductive justice, Scottish winters and the healing power of Strictly Come Dancing.
ByAmid the righteous distress of pregnant women, we mustn’t forget that midwives are women too.
ByNew figures show the cost of full-time childcare has reached £15,000, which could be pushing thousands more women out of…
By“What are you going to ask me about now?” said my mother to the nurse assessing her. “My sex life?”
BySlowly but surely, women are being put back into the home.
ByNHS Lothian’s policy of only providing meals to breastfeeding mums is devoid of humanity.
ByGender inequality is a major public health issue.
ByThe parenting forum has become a powerful political force, and has been repeatedly accused of transphobia. Its CEO explains why…
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