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309:, Whitney Scott noted that it was an "important addition for women's studies collections" and remarked upon "Sarah Bruckner's reflections on lesbian mothering...Shirley Nelson Garner's ponderings on her physical person regarded by her children as their property to be fought over fiercely, and Sherry Lee's eloquent discourse on motherhood and poverty," among other pieces.
368:(1995) and the Koppelman Award for Excellence in Feminist Studies of Popular Culture and American Culture from the Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association (1995). In addition, Maureen Reddy's essay in the collection, "Race-ing Love," on the topic of raising biracial children in America, was nominated in 1995 for a
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s, found the collection "a little skimpy on non-white offerings," she said the collection was a welcome addition to books that might offer a new style of mothering that can "function as an antidote to the perfectionist, individualizing, and guilt-inducing vision of motherhood in our culture." Ross
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experience—range of writers and artists to contribute their work on the broad topic of feminist mothering. Many of the contributors engaged with topics often considered taboo when combined with motherhood, including abortion, stillbirth, sexuality, desire, war, and erotic bonds. An early reader,
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Mothering'?" The collection proper is divided into four thematic sections, each one of which is headed by an introduction and includes poetry, visual art, and non-fiction prose. Those sections are
329:, Robin King Cooper praised the use of humor in Amy Sheldon's piece on gender and language, "Kings Are Royaler Than Queens," as well as in Nicole Hollander's Sylvia cartoons, which offer readers Hollander's "notably jaded" perspective on the "unforeseen realities of mothering."
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added: "Mothers' own stories, mainly confined to gossip or oral history, have been suppressed in our wider culture…To throw out the misogynist mother-child drama, we need vivid, detailed, loud, real mothers on the stage."
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The collection was highly praised for the lively and daring quality of its writing; the diversity of tones and styles in the prose, poetry, and artwork; and its unexpected use of humor. Ramona Czer, writing for
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in 1994. The collection was among the first books to address the topic of mothering from a specifically feminist perspective at a time when many assumed "feminism and mothering were mutually incompatible".
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is for every reader—male, female, straight, gay, child, parent—because, as the editors explain, motherhood is the basis for society. The authors here are exploring a brave new world indeed."
338:, called the collection "intellectually stimulating and viscerally affecting," adding that the collection "illuminates motherhood, exploring the areas society wants women to keep hidden.
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182:, said, "Reading this rich and evocative collection feels like engaging in multiple, impassioned and courageous conversations with feminist mothers."
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303:, noted that this "anthology of writings by feminist women—straight and gay, younger and older—fills a gap in feminist literature." Writing for
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