Word: motherhood
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...course, life is never quite that simple and Dottie Ingels, played by Julie Kavner, experiences all the pitfalls of show business cum motherhood. First, her dream of stardom--which is shared by her two daughters, Erica and Opal--seems to bear little relation to reality...
...1980s that understanding of the term seemed to disappear. In the decade's dismissive shorthand, feminism came to mean denigrating motherhood, pursuing selfish goals and wearing a suit. Whereas feminism was hip and fashionable in the '70s, antifeminism became socially acceptable in the '80s. First the fundamentalist right, then the White House -- and ultimately Hollywood, television and many journalists -- held feminism responsible for "every woe besetting women," Faludi writes, "from mental depression to meager savings accounts, from teenage suicides to eating disorders to bad complexions...
...book's format is simplistic; Chellis gives a self-satisfying rendition of her own "extraordinary" journey from alcoholism and a bad marriage to sobriety and single working motherhood. Then quoting other psychologists and self-help writers, Chellis outlines the process she used in her recovery, a pseudo-scientific plan she dubs "self-empowerment...
Dottie is, in some ways, a Stella Dallas for the '90s -- gutsy, good- hearted, slightly vulgar. And a very caring single parent. Like Stella, who broadly symbolized another generation's sentiments about motherhood, Dottie encapsulates those feelings -- much more ambivalent -- as well as anyone has in recent popular entertainment...
...doesn't appear to care about its students--or the children who might result from its students' actions. By not insisting that something more be done to help make motherhood more attractive (while still ensuring the completion of a Harvard education) we students show our own lack of concern...