MOVIE CLUB: Tully & The Power of Postpartum Ghost Stories with Janet Manley

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MOVIE CLUB: Tully & The Power of Postpartum Ghost Stories with Janet Manley

The Mother of it All

Mar 29, 2024

LitHub contributing editor

Janet

Manley joins us to talk about the postpartum comedy with a horror twist that started it all, 2018’s Tully. We discuss how the conversation around the postpartum period has changed in six years, what the New York Times got wrong about this film, and what we would go back and offer our postpartum selves.

Links:

Janet’s newsletter
KAFKA'S BABY
Janet’s coverage of the movie
Meh NYT review
Better Vulture review
Book Recs:
- Samantha Hunt’s Mr. Splitfoot
- Rachel Yoder’s Nightbitch
- Julia Fine’s The Upstairs House

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The Mother of it All

We are Miranda Rake and Sarah Wheeler, two friends, mothers and professional writers on the parenting beat. The Mother of it All is our place to go deep into the culture of modern motherhood and have the conversations that truly challenge, feed and excite us. Expect warmth, humor and over-considered takes on hot topics, fresh takes on old ones, expert guests and good times. We're diving into the grey areas beyond the tropes — the wine moms, the rage moms, the anything moms — and instead spending real time with the ideas that help us grow as mothers and people in this cultural moment.

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