Doing It All

Doing It All

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A feminist exploration of single motherhood and a passionate call to reclaim the power of mothering.

Nearly a quarter of UK families with dependent children are single-parent families, and around 90% of single parents are women. Yet the single mother is still cast as victim or welfare queen, sexually irresponsible or too independent by half.

Tracing a history through Victorian brothels, welfare rights activism and Black feminist traditions of othermothering, Ruby Russell tells a different story: of motherhood defined not by marriage or men, but as a nexus of solidarity beyond the patriarchal status quo.

A personal quest for empowerment, Doing It All is also a fierce critique of the structures that leave single mums marginalised and exhausted - and a call to reclaim mothering as the life force of sustainable, connected and radically responsible communities.??

Ruby Russell is a single mum from London, living in Berlin. She has a background in photobook publishing, running participatory storytelling projects, and journalism. For the last decade, she has reported on the ecological crisis.

Author: Ruby Russell
Format: Hardback, 336 pages, 162mm x 236mm, 540 g
Published: 2024, Dialogue, United Kingdom
Genre: Pregnancy & Parenting

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A feminist exploration of single motherhood and a passionate call to reclaim the power of mothering.

Nearly a quarter of UK families with dependent children are single-parent families, and around 90% of single parents are women. Yet the single mother is still cast as victim or welfare queen, sexually irresponsible or too independent by half.

Tracing a history through Victorian brothels, welfare rights activism and Black feminist traditions of othermothering, Ruby Russell tells a different story: of motherhood defined not by marriage or men, but as a nexus of solidarity beyond the patriarchal status quo.

A personal quest for empowerment, Doing It All is also a fierce critique of the structures that leave single mums marginalised and exhausted - and a call to reclaim mothering as the life force of sustainable, connected and radically responsible communities.??

Ruby Russell is a single mum from London, living in Berlin. She has a background in photobook publishing, running participatory storytelling projects, and journalism. For the last decade, she has reported on the ecological crisis.