The paperback edition of MOTHEDOM is coming! It’s 25% off in Waterstone’s pre-order sale. Pre-orders boost books. Please help me banish misery-making Good Mother myths. Use OCTOBER25 at checkout (online only in the UK). www.waterstones.com/book/motherdom/alex-bollen/9781804297544 #WPreorder

Great speaking to @jesshmmm.bsky.social for @nursingclio.bsky.social about how #motherdom offers a more expansive and inclusive vision of care. Also why historical scholarship shows that parenting ideals aren’t timeless truths but are shaped by economic, social & political forces.

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Today for NC, @jesshmmm.bsky.social interviews @alexbollen.bsky.social to discuss her new book Motherdom: Breaking Free from Bad Science and Good Mother Myths. Read the entire interview here nursingclio.org/2025/06/18/i...

Just finished the excellent Motherdom by @alexbollen.bsky.social. love it when writers unashamedly call bollocks on the prevailing cultural narrative. Mothering is a radical act, & society needs to support it instead of blaming us. Will be buying this for all the new & impending mothers in my life!

Thrilled that #Motherdom has been reviewed in @washingtonpost.com along with brilliant books by Nancy Reddy and @hzeavin.bsky.social also taking on the pseudoscience and unforgiving cultural norms afflicting mothers @versobooks.bsky.social

So pleased to be doing a joint event with the brilliant Helen Charman on THE POLITICS OF MOTHERHOOD at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social on Wednesday 21 May, 7pm. @versobooks.bsky.social housmans.com/event/the-po...

The Politics of Motherhood: Alex Bollen & Helen Charman in conversation

We are very excited to welcome two brilliant contemporary feminist thinkers to Housmans; their projects address ‘motherhood’ and the figure of the mother, as the urgent political catego…

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I am doing a talk about my book MOTHERDOM at Chelsea Library on the King’s Road, London on Saturday 17 May, 3-4.30pm. Free entry, tickets available from Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/motherdom-breaking-free-from-bad-science-and-good-mother-myths-tickets-1329772177379?aff=oddtdtcreator

Motherdom: Breaking Free from Bad Science and Good Mother Myths

Blaming, shaming and flimsy evidence: welcome to the ugly world of Good Mother myths

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Also felt very privileged to be there. Ann's work was such an important catalyst for change but, as Ann herself said, many of the problems her work highlighted are still with us

@elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 2y ago

Privileged to be in House of Lords this evening to hear legendary social scientist Ann Oakley on a new phase of her 1970s work ‘From here to maternity’ with Charlotte Faircloth, Kate Brintworth @greenjennyjones.bsky.social @alexbollen.bsky.social @marynewburn.bsky.social @drjennyhall-5.bsky.social

Want to hear about the politics & history of mother blaming? Come to @blackwelloxford.bsky.social on Thursday 10 April at 5.30pm - I'll be talking about my book #Motherdom and why Good Mother myths harm all women @versobooks.bsky.social Tix here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alex-bolle...

Why whatever mothers do for their children it is never enough - an excerpt from my book #Motherdom published by @versobooks.bsky.social

Lit Hub@literaryhub.bsky.social · 2y ago

@alexbollen.bsky.social explores early childhood brain development and why restrictive moralizing hurts parents.”

Thank you to @huffpostuk.bsky.social and Natasha Hinde for this great piece on four of the very worst Good Mother myths #Motherdom www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/mother...

These 4 Motherhood Myths Are BS – It's High Time We Rejected Them

Author and researcher Alex Bollen reveals the motherhood myths you should absolutely ignore on your parenting journey.

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Thank you @bookhaus.bsky.social for a brilliant event last night launching #motherdom. Loved the wide-ranging discussion which covered everything from baby toys to the abolition of the family

My Substack piece in honour of #IWD on how rigid gender roles are being reasserted and why Good Mother myths are damaging for all women. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Make Me a Sandwich (or a Baby)

Why Good Mother Myths Harm All Women

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@newscientist.com & @pennysarchet.bsky.social review of #motherdom - how bad science provides easy answers for “big problems like poverty and inequality.” @versobooks.bsky.social www.newscientist.com/article/mg26535331-800-how-neuroscience-and-bad-studies-have-fuelled-intensive-parenting/

How neuroscience and bad studies have fuelled intensive parenting

Motherdom is the latest book to lay bare the shaky science pressuring parents to perfectly steer their children's development from birth. It's a welcome reality check, finds Penny Sarchet

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My Substack piece on why I wrote #Motherdom @versobooks.bsky.social @katemanne.bsky.social has been a huge influence on my thinking and I'm very grateful for her brilliant work. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Today is publication day. #Motherdom officially enters the world. @versobooks.bsky.social My book takes on the Good Mother myths which shame women and divert our attention away from the relationships and resources children need to flourish. www.versobooks.com/products/328...

Motherdom

When Alex Bollen had her first baby, the fear of being a bad mother made her guilty and anxious. A researcher with twenty years’ experience, she went looking for answers. To her surprise the studies s...

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