Angela Garbes is an American author. She has written two nonfiction books about motherhood: Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy (2018) and Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change (2022).[2][3][4] Garbes is the daughter of Filipino immigrants.[5] She began her career as a food writer for The Stranger, an alternative newspaper in Seattle.[6]
Angela Garbes | |
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| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Subject | Motherhood |
| Spouse | Will[1] |
| Children | 2 |
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In The Cut, Sara Petersen wrote that Essential Labor "examines the collective power of mothering and interrogates how individuals can both fight for systemic changes (like affordable quality child care, paid family leave, and comprehensive maternal health care) and reclaim acts of mothering in our own lives."[7] In the Los Angeles Review of Books, Sarah Stoller wrote that in Essential Labor, "Garbes draws on decades of insights from Black, Indigenous, and queer feminists, imploring us to reimagine ourselves not as atomized households but as members of communities that share the work of care."[8]
References
edit- ^ Denn, Rebekah (7 June 2018). "'Hating my body remains a waste of time': Angela Garbes on the science and culture of pregnancy". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ Tolentino, Jia (8 May 2022). "Can Motherhood Be a Mode of Rebellion?". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ "Raising kids is hard work. The way we think about it can shift how we value mothering". National Public Radio. May 16, 2022. Archived from the original on 10 April 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ Gross, Terry (June 21, 2022). "Raising kids is 'Essential Labor.' It's also lonely, exhausting and expensive". National Public Radio. Archived from the original on 4 August 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ Specter, Emma (5 May 2022). "Angela Garbes's New Book Asks: Why Don't We Value Mothering as Care Work?". Vogue. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ Lestch, Corinne (April 20, 2018). "Explicit Connections: PW Talks with Angela Garbes". PublishersWeekly.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ Petersen, Sara (10 May 2022). "A Reality Check About Motherhood". The Cut. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ Stoller, Sarah (8 September 2023). "The Politics of Care: On Angela Garbes's "Essential Labor" and Peggy O'Donnell Heffington's "Without Children"". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 10 November 2023.