Episode 2: Feminist Mothering with Dr. Fiona Joy Green

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Welcome to episode TWO of the Re-Imagining Motherhood podcast!
I am thrilled to bring you Fiona Joy Green, Ph.D., the brilliant scholar behind Feminist Mothering and Feminist Mother Work. In this episode we discuss mothering as an act of empowerment, social change and resistance to patriarchal normative Motherhood. Dr. Green is a wealth of knowledge full of wisdom to inspire you on your quest to Re-Imagine Motherhood.

Episode Summary:
We dive into the concepts of Feminist Mothering and motherwork, as well as the importance of knowing and/or reconnecting with your feminist Motherline. If Motherhood is oppressive, then mothering can be empowering as Rich once explained - this episode aims to inspire you to feel into your mothering in ways that are aligned with YOUR values, YOUR hopes for the future and YOUR intentions to be part of social change for future generations!

Additional episode resources:
You can find many of Dr. Green’s publications on the Demeter Press website linked here.
Dr. Fiona Joy Green’s full bio:
Dr. Fiona Joy Green (she/her) is a cisgender temporarily able-bodied feminist mother who believes in the power of revolutionary feminist motherwork. She is a white settler and holds the position of Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Winnipeg, located within Treaty No. 1 Territory, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) and Nehiyaw (Cree), and the homeland of the Métis. Dr. Green is the author of Practicing Feminist Mothering (ARP) and co-editor of eight Demeter Press collections that address ever-changing feminist parenting practices and maternal pedagogies. Recent titles include Mothers, Mothering and COVID-19: Dispatches from a Pandemic (2021), Parenting/ Internet/ Kids: Domesticating Technologies (2022), Coming into Being: Mothers on Finding and Realizing Feminism, (2023) and two forthcoming co-edited collections, The Mother Wave: Theorizing, Enacting, and Representing Matricentric Feminism (2024) and Revolutionizing Motherlines (2025).
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