Researcher. Author of MOTHERDOM: BREAKING FREE FROM BAD SCIENCE AND GOOD MOTHER MYTHS - out now from @VersoBooks.bsky.social. Available from all good UK and US bookshops.https://bsky.app/profile/alexbollen.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbollen.bsky.social/post/3m35zkpp4ss2fThe paperback edition of MOTHEDOM is coming! It’s 25% off in Waterstone’s pre-order sale. Pre-orders boost books. Please help me banish misery-making Good Mother myths. Use OCTOBER25 at checkout (online only in the UK). www.waterstones.com/book/motherdom/alex-bollen/9781804297544 #WPreorder14 Oct 2025 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:exmsdf47yfvqubwew37rw5ex/app.bsky.feed.post/3m35zkpp4ss2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbollen.bsky.social/post/3ls2faayvtc23Great speaking to @jesshmmm.bsky.social for @nursingclio.bsky.social about how #motherdom offers a more expansive and inclusive vision of care. Also why historical scholarship shows that parenting ideals aren’t timeless truths but are shaped by economic, social & political forces. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jun 2025 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:exmsdf47yfvqubwew37rw5ex/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls2faayvtc23https://bsky.app/profile/alexbollen.bsky.social/post/3lpens3vyac2uThrilled that #Motherdom has been reviewed in @washingtonpost.com along with brilliant books by Nancy Reddy and @hzeavin.bsky.social also taking on the pseudoscience and unforgiving cultural norms afflicting mothers @versobooks.bsky.social17 May 2025 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:exmsdf47yfvqubwew37rw5ex/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpens3vyac2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbollen.bsky.social/post/3loeacrrw3k2jSo pleased to be doing a joint event with the brilliant Helen Charman on THE POLITICS OF MOTHERHOOD at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social on Wednesday 21 May, 7pm. @versobooks.bsky.social https://housmans.com/event/the-politics-of-motherhood-alex-bollen-helen-charman-in-conversation/04 May 2025 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:exmsdf47yfvqubwew37rw5ex/app.bsky.feed.post/3loeacrrw3k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbollen.bsky.social/post/3loe7wr6k5k2lI am doing a talk about my book MOTHERDOM at Chelsea Library on the King’s Road, London on Saturday 17 May, 3-4.30pm. Free entry, tickets available from Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/motherdom-breaking-free-from-bad-science-and-good-mother-myths-tickets-1329772177379?aff=oddtdtcreator https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/motherdom-breaking-free-from-bad-science-and-good-mother-myths-tickets-1329772177379?aff=oddtdtcreator04 May 2025 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:exmsdf47yfvqubwew37rw5ex/app.bsky.feed.post/3loe7wr6k5k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbollen.bsky.social/post/3llyhcyvboc2qAlso felt very privileged to be there. Ann's work was such an important catalyst for change but, as Ann herself said, many of the problems her work highlighted are still with us [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Apr 2025 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:exmsdf47yfvqubwew37rw5ex/app.bsky.feed.post/3llyhcyvboc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbollen.bsky.social/post/3llyh47bcyk2qWant to hear about the politics & history of mother blaming? Come to @blackwelloxford.bsky.social on Thursday 10 April at 5.30pm - I'll be talking about my book #Motherdom and why Good Mother myths harm all women @versobooks.bsky.social Tix here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alex-bollen-motherdom-tickets-111268754138904 Apr 2025 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:exmsdf47yfvqubwew37rw5ex/app.bsky.feed.post/3llyh47bcyk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbollen.bsky.social/post/3ll5qo32ai223Why whatever mothers do for their children it is never enough - an excerpt from my book #Motherdom published by @versobooks.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Mar 2025 21:55 +0000at://did:plc:exmsdf47yfvqubwew37rw5ex/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll5qo32ai223https://bsky.app/profile/alexbollen.bsky.social/post/3lkbe3hjk7k2yThank you to @huffpostuk.bsky.social and Natasha Hinde for this great piece on four of the very worst Good Mother myths #Motherdom https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/motherdom-author-alex-bollen-motherhood-myths_uk_67d00672e4b07cd1ea33bcc013 Mar 2025 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:exmsdf47yfvqubwew37rw5ex/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbe3hjk7k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbollen.bsky.social/post/3lk4fodlvjc2yThank you @bookhaus.bsky.social for a brilliant event last night launching #motherdom. Loved the wide-ranging discussion which covered everything from baby toys to the abolition of the family11 Mar 2025 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:exmsdf47yfvqubwew37rw5ex/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk4fodlvjc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbollen.bsky.social/post/3ljv5razycc2wMy Substack piece in honour of #IWD on how rigid gender roles are being reasserted and why Good Mother myths are damaging for all women. https://substack.com/home/post/p-15845004408 Mar 2025 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:exmsdf47yfvqubwew37rw5ex/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljv5razycc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbollen.bsky.social/post/3ljqjalypak2u@newscientist.com & @pennysarchet.bsky.social review of #motherdom - how bad science provides easy answers for “big problems like poverty and inequality.” @versobooks.bsky.social www.newscientist.com/article/mg26535331-800-how-neuroscience-and-bad-studies-have-fuelled-intensive-parenting/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26535331-800-how-neuroscience-and-bad-studies-have-fuelled-intensive-parenting/06 Mar 2025 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:exmsdf47yfvqubwew37rw5ex/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljqjalypak2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbollen.bsky.social/post/3ljk73h2iec2wMy Substack piece on why I wrote #Motherdom @versobooks.bsky.social @katemanne.bsky.social has been a huge influence on my thinking and I'm very grateful for her brilliant work. https://substack.com/home/post/p-158310016?source=queue04 Mar 2025 09:54 +0000at://did:plc:exmsdf47yfvqubwew37rw5ex/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljk73h2iec2whttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbollen.bsky.social/post/3ljk6xsygqs2wToday is publication day. #Motherdom officially enters the world. @versobooks.bsky.social 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. https://www.versobooks.com/products/3281-motherdom04 Mar 2025 09:52 +0000at://did:plc:exmsdf47yfvqubwew37rw5ex/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljk6xsygqs2w