| When: | Thursday, November 14th, 2024 |
| Time: | 7:00 pm — 8:00 pm |
| Location: | Octopus Books, 116 Third Ave., Ottawa |
| Audience: | Anyone |
In Mother Trouble: Mediations of White Maternal Angst after Second Wave Feminism, Miranda J. Brady traces white maternal angst in popular culture across a span of more than fifty years, from the iconic Rosemary’s Baby to anti-vaxx mom memes and HGTV shows. The book narrows in on popular media to think about white maternal angst as a manifestation of feminism’s unrealized possibilities and continued omissions since the second wave. The book calls for an analytical expansion beyond gender to better address the erasure of reproductive labour, and especially that performed by migrants and people of colour. It illustrates the continued marginalization of racialized mothers and the disproportionate amount of labour performed by all mothers in a society where their work is devalued. Ultimately, Mother Trouble reveals how the unease around white motherhood in the media has become a proxy for the troubles faced by all mothers.
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