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Motherhood

modern love June 15, 2019

Sorry, Mindy Kaling Isn’t Going to Tell You Who Her Child’s Father IsShe has her reasons.

By Devon Ivie
art Nov. 5, 2018

Narcissister’s Documentary About Her Pornographic Performance Art and Her MotherThe masked gender provocateur reveals the poignant family story behind her subversive practice.

By Tim Murphy

art July 11, 2018

Jenny Saville’s New Paintings Are About Motherhood and #MeTooThe Gagosian show is part of her imagining her own mythic ancestors, a genealogy for a canon that women are no longer so lonely in.

By Carl Swanson
close reads June 6, 2018

The Beauty and Banality of Motherhood Stories OnscreenThe best of these stories use a distancing lens to capture the transformative, magical, grinding exhaustion of motherhood.

By Kathryn VanArendonk
close reads Mar. 6, 2017

The Pregnancy Plot: How TV Shows Use Motherhood to Force Characters to Grow UpIt’s been a beloved device for working women on television going back to Murphy Brown.

By Kathryn VanArendonk
babies Nov. 23, 2015

Jane the Virgin’s Radically Frank Depiction of Early MotherhoodBabies have been conspicuously sidelined on TV — until now.

By Kathryn VanArendonk
the industry Oct. 26, 2015

Mila Kunis, Bell, Applegate Making Mom ComedyFrom the writers of The Hangover.

By Nate Jones
motherhood Apr. 23, 2012

Unpacking Mad Men’s Missing-Mom Motifs in Last Night’s EpisodeDon’s not the only one who snapped because he had an absent mother.

By Margaret Lyons