The XX Factor: What women really think.

Step Away From the Pacifier, Uma

A post from DoubleX writer KJ Dell'Antonia:

More than half of adult women are mothers. It's not a lifestyle. It's not a trend. It's just one of those things—you know, continuation of the species and all that. A biological urge complicated by societal factors that has been, not incidentally, the subject of great art and literature over the past few centuries. Into that pantheon comes Motherhood: The Movie, promoted by a trailer full of worn tropes and painful moments. Want to silence Uma Thurman, the ruthless killer bride of Kill Bill, Vols. 1 and 2? Stick a binkie in her mouth. Motherhood, the Great Infantilizer. How did we come to this? ... (Read the rest of this article in DoubleX).