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Anonymous Research Project On Mothers and Grief: The goal of this study is to enhance the understanding of bereavement and coping among mothers parenting children five years old and younger. The hope is that by better understanding the grief process during motherhood while parenting young children will eventually increase available resources and support for mothers, […]

CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference on Mothering, Motherhood and Education featuring an embedded conference on Motherhood Studies: Developing and Disseminating a New Academic Discipline for a New Century October 20-23, 2011, Toronto, ON, Canada Deadline for abstracts: April 1, 2011! We welcome submissions from scholars, students, activists, workers, artists, mothers and others who work or […]

Sara Ruddick–philosopher, writer, peace activist, mothering theorist and legend–has died. Ruddick, a professor of philosophy and women’s studies for nearly 40 years at the New School for Social Research, developed an approach to child-rearing that shifted the focus away from motherhood as a social institution or biological imperative and toward the day-to-day activities of raising […]

Whenever I case a new location, look at friends’ vacation photos, or watch travelogues, I wonder about wheelchair accessibility. I wondered the same thing on Friday afternoon, watching disaster coverage on TV with my eleven-year-old daughter in Japan. Read more of Suzanne Kamata’s story here: Beacon Broadside.

Lindsay Blanche started grantsforsinglemothers.org because she wanted to share information she’s acquired the past 13 years. This single mom from Central Texas says it shouldn’t be hard to find help when you need it, so she offers resources for financial aid, scholarships, food and housing programs, and parenting advice. Want to read more about single […]

Established in 1991 by the Parliament of Canada, this day marks the anniversary of the murders in 1989 of 14 young women at l’Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal. They died because they were women. As well as commemorating the 14 young women whose lives ended in an act of gender-based violence that shocked the nation, December […]

The Afghan Women’s Writing Project is dedicated to nurturing the often-repressed voices of Afghan women and run by an all-volunteer staff, seeks an Assistant Editing Coordinator to help track pieces written by the Afghan writers and make the final editing touches necessary to get the pieces to the blog. The position involves direct connection and […]

Today’s children are growing up in a society where they are exposed to televisions, video games and computers at younger ages. As parent of a 3 year old and a 1 year old, I am concerned about marketing and advertising toward young children through these mediums, thus I am interested in hearing other parent’s opinions […]

Masha Hamilton has been named this year’s recipient of the Women’s National Book Association WNBA Award, which is presented to “a living American woman who derives part or all of her income from books and allied arts, and who has done meritorious work in the world of books beyond the duties or responsibilities of her […]

Join NYWIFT and Women Make Movies for two films that question the price of child-rearing in North America . LATCHING ON, by Katja Esson, director of the Academy Award-nominated FERRY TALES, explores the politics of breastfeeding in the US . After Esson’s sister gave birth in Germany , she was able to breastfeed her baby […]

One of our Literary Mamas has lost her son. Katie Granju, a former editor for Literary Mama, watched her 18-year-old son, Henry, die in intensive care Monday. Katie has faced the trauma with characteristic transparency – revealing what others might want to hide. Despite knowing the criticism she would face, she went public with the […]