Episode 17 - Artist Mothers Under Capitalism: Constraint, Creativity, Perseverance, and Promise
**This episode is sponsored by Full Spectrum Features, a nonprofit social justice organization that uses film to inspire dialogue and create impact. They’re a Chicago-based 501(c)(3) committed to driving equity in the independent film industry by producing, exhibiting, and supporting the work of women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ filmmakers.
You can find out more about Full Spectrum Features and their support of artist caregivers in this episode and on their website at fullspectrumfeatures.com as well as their Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.**
“I've been thinking a lot about how I started this podcast when I was six weeks postpartum, and now my daughter is about to celebrate her first birthday. It feels really meaningful to take a look at how far we've come, at the amazing voices that we've included, and the ways in which we have been able to unpack questions of unpaid labor, caregiving, neurodiversity, artistic residencies, and the multiple ways in which we can support one another as caregivers and as artists.”
~ Kaitlin Solimine, Host and Producer
We’re excited to share with you this season finale compilation episode that draws together the voices and insights from this season. Together, we've examined how we wrestle with our conceptions of motherhood, the constraints of patriarchal structures on caregiving and art, and ways in which the fractured inevitability of early motherhood could perhaps provide new frameworks for creative production that work against existing norms and provide wholly new opportunities for expression, empowerment, and community.
Timestamps:
11:51 - Namrata Poddar, EP 13
12:32 - Sara Petersen, EP 08
13:09 - Heather Powell, EP 07
14:08 - Nancy Reddy, EP 12
15:02 - Amanda Montei, EP 15
15:27 - Namrata Poddar
15:45 - Nora Fiffer, EP 11
16:57 - Sarah Chaves, EP 01
18:18 - Nora Fiffer
20:30 - Emily Pérez, EP 12
21:27 - MM De Voe, EP 09
22:04 - Dani Rowe, EP 06
22:34 - Vanessa Hua, EP 05
23:17 - Jackie Leonard, EP 02
23:58 - Sarah Chaves
24:57 - Vanessa Hua
26:40 - Amanda Montei, EP 15
26:57 - Minna Dubin, EP 15
27:16 - Cindy DiTiberio, EP 15
27:47 - Heather Powell
28:30 - Sara Petersen
29:38 - Emily Midorikawa, EP 14
29:51 - Erika Lee Sears, EP 10
30:18 - Katherine Duclos, EP 03
31:59 - Emily Midorikawa
33:09 - K. Lorraine Graham, EP 04
Thank you to all of our listeners for supporting the Postpartum Production podcast. This season has been a labor of love for all of us, and we continue to be inspired by the stories we share here. We're excited to announce that season two coming in 2023 will take a deeper dive into the postpartum creative experience, with conversations with experts who work at that juncture, as researchers, observers, and writers.
Please let us know what has resonated with you this season and what you'd like to hear more of in season two.
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Related resources
More about the host, Kaitlin Solimine: https://www.kaitlinsolimine.com/
More about Sarah Davis: https://connectedpodcaster.com/
More about Rachael Sanya: https://www.rachelsanya.com/
Good Wife/Bad Wife, Good Mom/Bad Mom - Archetypes podcast by Meghan Markle: https://open.spotify.com/episode/51Epmv3i8E6bJdMeYnLAQp?si=75269bc0c0e1492a
Artist Residency in Motherhood: http://www.artistresidencyinmotherhood.com/
Full Spectrum Features: https://www.fullspectrumfeatures.com/
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