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Helen Charman: Mother State Sian Norris and design – questioning alongPenguin, 2025, softcover, 512 pages, 13 x 19. 8 cm Motherhood is a political state. Helen Charman makes a radical case for what liberated mothering could be, and tells the story of what motherhood has been, from the 1970s to the 2010s. 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