In the last five years, highbrow cinema and television have tackled maternal ambivalence—the socially taboo feeling of regretting motherhood. Films like The Lost Daughter (2021) and Tully (2018), along with series like Big Little Lies (which married mystery with maternal burnout), have broken the final taboo.
That is the new portrait of the mom consuming media. And she is finally, unmistakably, the main character. moms xxx
In the last five years, highbrow cinema and television have tackled maternal ambivalence—the socially taboo feeling of regretting motherhood. Films like The Lost Daughter (2021) and Tully (2018), along with series like Big Little Lies (which married mystery with maternal burnout), have broken the final taboo.
That is the new portrait of the mom consuming media. And she is finally, unmistakably, the main character.