Motherhood

Its was not till Alice had lost her son and husband, and the narrator was married and have sons of her own. That the two familiar characters “for the first time” sit together. Through the progression of the narrator’s maturity from childhood to motherhood, the narrator discovered that she became so much like Alice, preferring “the taste of beer and how to talk bad-woman talk.” Thus, the narrator makes the reader wonder about the truth of her childhood neighborhood, and the beautiful bad-woman…

Muller v. Oregon (1908) Facts: Curt Muller was convicted of violating Oregon labor laws, by making a female employee in his Laundromat work longer than ten hours in a single workday. Procedural History: Muller appealed his conviction to the Oregon Supreme Court, which upheld the original conviction. The case then was brought before the U.S. Supreme Court. Issue: Whether Oregon’s labor law which prohibited women from working longer than ten hours in a single work day interferes with the…

greek goddess, who was a mother and husband of some of the most famous greek gods, and who is represented of the mother of the gods. She can otherwise be known as Rhiea. She is known as the titaness, mother of the gods, goddess of female fertility, motherhood, and generation. She was the daughter of Uranus, the sky god, and Gaea, goddess of the earth. Rhea then got married to her brother Cronos and had six children. The children they had were named Hestia, Hades, Demeter, Poseidon, Hera, and…

This was the quote that initially inspired me to study Jenny Saville for the comparative essay. My chosen drawings are Ana Mendieta “Untitled (Body Tracks)” made in 1974, and Jenny Saville “The Mothers” made in 2011. Initially I was drawn to the rawness of both of these drawings, having previously looked at; but not studied these artists in depth, I knew there was more under the surface that I wanted to explore. Ana Mendieta’s “Untitled (Body Tracks)” is a short film in which Mendieta performs…

with the condition are also common occurrences when women have a new baby, for example, fatigue, loss of sleep and loss of appetite. In turn, symptoms of postnatal depression may easily be dismissed by midwives as natural and normal consequences of motherhood. The underdiagnosing of postnatal depression may also be due to midwives having limited training in assessing and managing postnatal depression. It is the midwife’s responsibility however to update her own skillset and knowledge surrounding…

During his voyage to Tahiti, Captain James Cook encountered heavily tattooed men and women. The word ‘tatu’ meaning to mark something and the tattoos the captain and his crew got cemented our use of the word. The term derived from the specific method of inscription where sharp needle-like instruments were tapped onto the skin to penetrate the dye under the surface skin layers. However Tahiti is not the only evidence of ancient tattooing tradition. The history of tattooing can be dated back at…

In contrast, to Coetzee’s depiction of motherhood, Lee presents both a more stereotypical idealized version of motherhood as well as the quintessential evil stepmother to raise his main character. Kai’s biological mother struggles with leaving war-torn Shanghai; giving up all she owned while facing a rough journey, alone with her daughters, to India prior to immigrating to America. Mah-mee is depicted as strong, caring and nurturing, especially towards her youngest and only son, Kai. As doting…

The moon has always been a strong symbol throughout human culture, representing mystery and time and, throughout many cultures, femininity. In The Secret Life of Bees, the moon makes many appearances, from the space program to Lily’s dreams to it’s typical position in the sky. The author uses the moon to tie the whole story together through repeated symbolism and themes, serving as one of the many motifs of the book. One of the first major uses of the Moon comes from a dream Lily has after she…

In the story " A sorrowful women" Gail Godwin describes a woman, her husband and the son. She loves her family but she cannot perform it well, because on the one hand, she wants to be independent like a male in general. On the other hand, the rejection that she made, not doing household works and taking good care of her son makes her uncomfortable by being stayed like a queen in the house. Also, the servant girl takes all responsibilities of thier house and child which is kind of like stolen her…

For my fieldwork I interned a woman named Jill Spivack, who is a LCSW, a licensed psychotherapist and pediatric sleep consultant. She co-founded the company Sleepy Planet Parenting, in Los Angeles, which was created to help parents with the early stages of child-hood development in her private practice or in group therapy sessions. Before going into this I had no idea how hard it was to be a parent. Growing up my parents have always seemed like they had everything under control. I looked at them…