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Alex Bollen @alexbollen.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

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

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Alex Bollen @alexbollen.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

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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Mags Hall @magssgp.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

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!

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Alex Bollen @alexbollen.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

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

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Alex Bollen @alexbollen.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

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

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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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Alex Bollen @alexbollen.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

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

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Alex Bollen @alexbollen.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

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...

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Alex Bollen @alexbollen.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

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

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Alex Bollen @alexbollen.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

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

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Alex Bollen @alexbollen.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

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-...

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Make Me a Sandwich (or a Baby)

Why Good Mother Myths Harm All Women

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Alex Bollen @alexbollen.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

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-...

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Alex Bollen @alexbollen.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

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...

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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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