Currently Reading....

The Truth Behind the Mommy Wars by Miriam Peskowitz. This is an excellent book. It is the book that the much-hyped books The Mommy Myth and Perfect Madness might have been if they had cared less about judging mothers and the ways they choose to mother and more about changing the societal conditions that leave women stuck between the Scylla and Charybdis when it comes to mothering and work. For some reason, those two books got tons of attention and display space on the bookshelves while this one has made much less of a splash. This one, however, is the one that includes more serious scholarship, as well as more attempt to support all mothers, whatever their situations and choices. This is a feminist work that seriously discusses, rather than discussing in passing, what society needs to do to support mothers as equal members of society. It is a must-read for all of us living in this time of incomplete revolution.