Space for feminism and motherhood!

How to be a mother? - In a male world order, in a society that despises mothers.
What does feminism mean - not only as a mother, but as a mother in the capitalist, patriarchal system? What struggles are mothers fighting? And who is looking, seeing the struggles from which they cannot emerge victorious? These are central questions that Linda Biallas raises, but also ones for which there are not always universally valid answers. Because: people are different, and above all: conditions are different. Only the structures themselves seem more unshakeable than almost anything else. Including the role ascribed to a mother and the qualities she should bring with her. One thing is certain: this role can never be fulfilled. Motherhood in our performance-oriented system means one thing above all: a sobering reality that cements gender roles and abandons mothers as the most important providers of a society.

From feminist to mother and feminist
Linda Biallas is in her mid-twenties, in her studies and in a completely different life when she gets pregnant unplanned and is confronted with questions that played no role in the feminism of the early 20s: What is a "good mother" anyway? Why are the demands on mothers and fathers so different? And how are we influenced by this view? Where are it the structures and legal frameworks that push us in a certain direction? And where are it learned convictions and role models that keep us stuck, leaving room for manoeuvre unused? Where are our own ideologies that make us believe in a system that is responsible for our exploitation and oppression? One thing is clear: it is above all patriarchy and capitalism that ensure that structures remain in place that disadvantage women with children and.