mothers – Confluence

An American Mother

by Jasmine CheekPosted on February 11, 2022February 9, 2022

When an audience is presented with narratives in which women acknowledge their individuality over their motherhood, or even choose not to have children, it becomes difficult to separate a protagonist’s character flaws from their attempt at achieving a greater happiness.

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White Parents, Black Hair

by Rachel GoulstonPosted on February 7, 2021February 5, 2021

How do white parents of black, biracial, or transracial children find resources and form community centered around Black hair care?

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Black Motherhood on Primetime Television

by Courteney CelestinPosted on January 31, 2021January 30, 2021

From Claire Huxtable to Rainbow Johnson, how has the portrayal of Black women and Black motherhood in Black sitcoms changed over time?

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Misery Swamp

by Natalie SharpePosted on May 13, 2020May 13, 2020

Phone said 2:45pm. This means school is out, scream and shout. In case future daughter/granddaughter is reading this, a few things to note: all students wear tiny gray uniform skirt, boxers poke underneath.

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Perfect Earlobes

by Natalie SharpePosted on March 18, 2020February 21, 2023

She puts on long, droopy earrings and stares back at me in the mirror. Try these, she says, and hands me a pair of danglies. You have perfect ears, she says. Look, she says. Perfect. Look at your earlobe.

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Pride

by Xixi JiangPosted on February 5, 2019April 6, 2021

“We can talk,” she sometimes says, although we don’t really follow through with that either.

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Hey Ma

by MuddaGoosePosted on April 10, 2018March 11, 2021

"Me: Hey ma / Moms: What’s up / Me: Let’s slide / Moms: All right" A series of drawings.

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Mom

by Alice LiPosted on February 23, 2018May 15, 2018

"My mom doesn’t understand heartbreak because she’s never had her heart broken. She’s always been the one to break hearts, the one to close the door on people, the one to say goodbye."

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Of Monsters and Mothers

by Delia Graham-CostelloPosted on March 4, 2016October 8, 2020

The Allegory of Childbirth in the Material and Dream of Shelly’s 1831 Introduction to Frankenstein

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Don’t Look Back

by StacyPosted on February 8, 2016October 6, 2020

“My mother is gifted with forgetfulness. She calls it a gift, anyway. It is a unique ability to simply forget the bad stuff.”

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Liza Dee Jones

by Isabel JonesPosted on November 17, 2015October 1, 2020

"Asking my mother about her experience in the ’80s is a bit like asking my dog about his former life as a stock broker—so far removed from my reality that I find it difficult to comprehend."

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