Mother StateA radical case for motherhood as a political state, and what liberated mothering could be. When we talk about motherhood and politics together, we usually talk about isolated moments the policing of breastfeeding, or the cost of childcare. But this is not enough; we need to understand motherhood itself as an inherently political state, one that poses a serious challenge to the status quo. In Mother State, Helen Charman uses this provocative insight to