Books, Essays and Memoirs:
Reproductive Politics & Feminist Theory

Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution – Adrienne Rich

Freezing Fertility: Oocyte Cryopreservation and the Gender Politics of Aging – Lucy van de Wiel

The Woman in the Body: A Cultural Analysis of Reproduction – Emily Martin

Full Surrogacy Now – Sophie Lewis

The Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History – Emma L.E. Rees

Our Bodies, Ourselves – Boston Women’s Health Book Collective

Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth – Ina May Gaskin

Spiritual Midwifery – Ina May Gaskin

The Midwives Book – Jane Sharp

Philosophy, Time & Subjectivity

Enduring Time – Lisa Baraitser

The Maternal, Digital Subjectivity, and the Aesthetics of Interruption – El Putnam

The Great Mother: An Analysis of the Archetype – Erich Neumann

Photography & Visual Culture

Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs – Sally Mann

Home Truths: Photography and Motherhood – Edited by Susan Bright

Portraits – Rineke Dijkstra

Hidden Mothers – Clare Hughes (Photographic Project on Hyperemesis Gravidarum)

Maternal Aesthetics, Art & Creative Practice

Birth Project – Judy Chicago

My Birth – Carmen Winant

Post-Partum Document – Mary Kelly

Deeper in the Pyramid – Melanie Jackson and Esther Leslie

The Maternal in Creative Work: Intergenerational Discussions on Motherhood and Art – Elena Marchevska & Valerie Walkerdine

Maternal Bodies in the Visual Arts – Rosemary Betterton

Inappropriate Bodies: Art, Design, and Maternity – Rachel Epp Buller & Charles Reeve

Feminist Art and the Maternal – Andrea Liss

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Mother – Katerina Bosse

From the Centre: Feminist Essays on Women’s Art – Lucy Lippard

Women in the Picture: Women, Art and the Power of Looking – Catherine McCormack

Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood – Hettie Judah

Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births – Michelle Millar Fisher & Amber Winick

Tracey Emin – Carl Freedman

Podcasts

Woman Up! – Amy Dignam and Susan Merrick

Conceiving Pregnancy – LRB Podcast (16 April 2025)

Historian Erin Maglaque discusses historical and evolving understandings of conception, from 16th-century astrology to 20th-century frog pregnancy tests and modern-day practices.

Watch: Freezing Fertility – Documentary on reproductive technology and gender politics 

Recent & Upcoming Publications

Mothering Myths: An ABC of Art, Birth and Care – Dennis ter Wal (2025, Valiz)
— Includes contributions from diverse voices and reflects on the myths, politics, and poetics of motherhood.

Projects, Initiatives & Communities

MAMSIE – Mapping Maternal Subjectivities, Identities and Ethics

Cultural Reproducers – Artist-mother network and platform

Procreate Projects – Supporting artists who are mothers