Alex Bollen

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Alex Bollen

@alexbollen

Researcher. Author of MOTHERDOM: BREAKING FREE FROM BAD SCIENCE & GOOD MOTHER MYTHS. Out now from @VersoBooks. Repped by @eleanorbirne

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Alex Bollen@alexbollen·4 Mar

Today is publication day. #Motherdom officially enters the world. @VersoBooks 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. versobooks.com/products/3281-…

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Alex Bollen@alexbollen·17 May

Our books share much common ground but each has a distinct focus. #Motherdom exposes how mothers today are set up to fail when it comes to birth, feeding and child development. @nancy_reddy @HZeavin @VersoBooks

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Alex Bollen@alexbollen·17 May

Thrilled that #Motherdom has been reviewed in @washingtonpost along with brilliant books by @nancy_reddy and @HZeavin also taking on the pseudoscience and unforgiving cultural norms afflicting mothers @VersoBooks

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Alex Bollen@alexbollen·4 May

So pleased to be doing a joint event with the brilliant @helen_charman on THE POLITICS OF MOTHERHOOD at @HousmansBooks on Wednesday 21 May, 7pm. @VersoBooks housmans.com/event/the-poli…

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Alex Bollen@alexbollen·4 May

I am doing a talk about my book MOTHERDOM at Chelsea Library on the King’s Road on Saturday 17 May, 3-4.30pm. Free entry, tickets available from Eventbrite @RBKClibraries. eventbrite.co.uk/e/motherdom-br…

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Alex Bollen@alexbollen·26 Nis

@BirthTrauma Thank you!

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BirthTrauma@BirthTrauma·4 Nis

Definitely worth attending if you're local! @alexbollen's book is a very good and thought-provoking read.

Alex Bollen@alexbollen

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

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Alex Bollen@alexbollen·4 Nis

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Alex Bollen@alexbollen·25 Mar

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

Literary Hub@lithub

.@alexbollen explores early childhood brain development and why restrictive moralizing hurts parents.” lithub.com/babies-dont-ne…

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Alex Bollen@alexbollen·13 Mar

Thank you to @HuffPostUK and Natasha Hinde for this great piece on four of the very worst Good Mother myths #Motherdom huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/motherdo…

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Blackwell's, Oxford’s Bookshop@blackwelloxford·10 Mar

Our 'Women on Women' series of events continues this month and culminates will a very special event at the Sheldonian Theatre on 15th June. Featuring @AyoCaesar @alexbollen @helen__jukes @WriterHannahBT @SSteinLubrano @EverydaySexism and more @blackwellbooks

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Alex Bollen@alexbollen·11 Mar

@patricialondon @VersoBooks @tcmurray Thank you so much!!

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Patricia Brown@patricialondon·11 Mar

@alexbollen @VersoBooks Congratulations Alex. cc @tcmurray for interest

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Alex Bollen@alexbollen·4 Mar

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Alex Bollen@alexbollen·11 Mar

@leemcewan @VersoBooks Thanks Lee! It's great to hear of sightings! Hope all is well

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Lee McEwan@leemcewan·9 Mar

@alexbollen @VersoBooks Congratulations Alex - I saw the review in the New Scientist.

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Alex Bollen@alexbollen·8 Mar

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-15…

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Alex Bollen@alexbollen·8 Mar

Excellent piece on how Western brain building narratives are being exported across the world

Gabriel Scheidecker@G_Scheidecker

Here is our new essay on early childhood development interventions. aeon.co/essays/the-pro…

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Alex Bollen@alexbollen·8 Mar

Thank you! My book #Motherdom is indebted to the pioneering scholarship of the Centre for Parenting Culture Studies

Parenting studies@CPCS_UniKent

Congrats to @alexbollen for her new book 'Motherdom' Review here: How neuroscience and bad studies have fuelled intensive parenting newscientist.com/article/mg2653…

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Alex Bollen@alexbollen·7 Mar

Cracking review of #Motherdom from @newscientist and @PennySarchet which discusses how parenting prescriptions heap pressure on individual mothers and provide governments with easy answers for “big problems like poverty and inequality.” @VersoBooks newscientist.com/article/mg2653…

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Alex Bollen@alexbollen·6 Mar

Thank you, it was an honour to have you there! Your work on birth trauma is so important (and sadly so needed)

BirthTrauma@BirthTrauma

It was an honour to attend the launch of @alexbollen's book Motherdom yesterday - it does a brilliant job of dissecting some of the dubious research relating to pregnancy and motherhood. versobooks.com/en-gb/products…

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Alex Bollen@alexbollen·4 Mar

My Substack piece on why I wrote #Motherdom @VersoBooks substack.com/home/post/p-15…

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Alex Bollen@alexbollen·3 Mar

SO excited by the first sighting of #Motherdom in the wild. Thank you @HelenWilson_CX for the spot @Waterstones

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Alex Bollen@alexbollen·27 Şub

Can't wait to visit @Books_n_friends (the finest bookshop in Manchester!) on Tue 11 March. I'll be talking about my new book MOTHERDOM and why Good Mother myths make motherhood so much harder than it needs to be. Tix here: houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/in-conve…

House of Books and Friends@Books_n_friends

Early gift for mothers day? What about a deep dive into the politics, science, and the state of modern motherhood? Alex Bollen's gripping new text is "the book that all of us, mothers and motherhood researchers alike, have been waiting for!" Link: eu1.hubs.ly/H0fYs1_0

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@nancy_reddy @HZeavin @VersoBooks @washingtonpost @helen_charman @HousmansBooks @RBKClibraries @BirthTrauma