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7 Mothers, Mentors, and Matriarchs of SFF Who Are Probably Very Disappointed With Us Right Now

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Five Mothers in SFF Who Are Dynamic, Multi-Dimensional Characters

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Tor.com 15th Anniversary

Absent Mothers and Vexed Daughters: Exploring the Fraught Relationships of Fantasy Fiction

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Illustration depicting Little Red Riding Hood encountering the wolf
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Fairy Tales

Mother and the Wolf: Maternal Power in Fairy Tales

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All Happy Families: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Maternal Journey

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Five YA Fantasies With Murderous Mothers

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Tamora Pierce

Revisiting Tamora Pierce’s Tortall Books as a Mother

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Harry Potter, Molly Weasley, Julie Walters
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characters

7 Mothers, Mentors, and Matriarchs of SFF Who Are Probably Very Disappointed With Us Right Now

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Five Books About Motherhood and Dystopia

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Mother May I: Borne by Jeff VanderMeer

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A Time of Transformation: The Wolf Border by Sarah Hall

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Living Poe Girl, Part III: Metaphysical Motherhood

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R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

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