How Mamas Love Their Babies
Author: Juniper Fitzgerald
Illustrator: Elise Peterson
Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2018
Publisher’s recommended age: 4+
At the heart of this third-wave feminist book is an exploration of the ways that mothers use their bodies to care for their children. Drawing parallels between the work women do at their jobs and the work they do to care for their kids, Juniper Fitzgerald and Elise Peterson show that all women, no matter what they do for a living, can care for their children equally well. This ground-breaking picture book is the first to depict mothers who are sex workers. It shifts our narrow definition of what a mother is, what a mother does, what a mother looks [like], and what caring for babies looks like.
Available Languages: English
Sexworking Mamas Love Their Babies Too
In this thought provoking talk, Juniper Fitzgerald explains why it benefits women everywhere for us to leave behind the dichotomy of a woman being either a "madonna" or a "whore." and instead embrace the full complexity of womanhood and motherhood.