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It's also a day to remember those other women that helped mold you into the dazzling creature you have become. No, I'm not talking about your first grade teacher or your great grandmother (although I'm sure they're really spectacular women); I'm talking about those fictional moms that made an impact through television or movies, the ones that you sometimes wished were your mom and the ones that made you thankful for your own. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are the most frightening and most beloved fictional mothers in the history of forever:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">THE FRIGHTENING\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Joan Crawford: \u003cem>Mommie Dearest\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://fromthemotionpicture.tumblr.com/post/49469238690\">\u003cimg src=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/a43f4285035cd43c23f2c8754124d58e/tumblr_mm71voymc11r1ult6o1_400.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://fromthemotionpicture.tumblr.com/post/49469238690\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Joan Crawford isn't technically a fictional character, but there is some dispute over how accurate her daughter's depiction of her is so I say it counts (also, why would we forgo any opportunity to talk about Joan Crawford?). So we all know that Joan is \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUkE9qaVgmo\">not a huge fan of wire hangers\u003c/a> (who is really?), but that's the least of it. Crawford also ties her son to his bed, says \"I'd rather you go bald to school than looking like a tramp!\" while cutting off her daughter's hair, forces her daughter to stay at the dinner table overnight until she finishes her undercooked steak, says \"YOU LOVE TO MAKE ME HIT YOU!\" while slapping her daughter in front of a reporter, and then leaves them both out of her will. Way harsh, Tai.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Margaret White: \u003cem>Carrie\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ofallbadthings.tumblr.com/post/28501459084\">\u003cimg src=\"http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdjp4xzMiO1r0m8k0.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://ofallbadthings.tumblr.com/post/28501459084\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some teens lock themselves in their rooms and write bad poetry about how \u003cem>absolutely horrible\u003c/em> their mother is for grounding them or taking away phone privileges or whatever. These whiners obviously haven't seen \u003cem>Carrie\u003c/em>, a movie that makes most mothers look as gentle as \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A276_8XeLgE\">Dumbo's mom\u003c/a>. Margaret White has a lot of opinions on what is suitable behavior for her daughter, Carrie. Let's go over some of them: she should never wear red (that's for hell-bound whores), she should only refer to her breasts as \"dirty pillows,\" she should think of pimples as \"the Lord's way of chastising you,\" she should pray and ask forgiveness for her sinful period, she should be cool with getting tea thrown in her face, and she should heed the mantra: \"They're all going to laugh at you!\" It's enough to make anyone become a pyromaniac murderer!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Mary Jones: \u003cem>Precious\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/08/fictional-moms-who-frighten-us-and-ones-we-love/precious_movie_trailer/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4551\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4551\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/Precious_Movie_Trailer.gif\" alt=\"Precious_Movie_Trailer\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there's a degree of campy comedy to Joan Crawford and Margaret White, there's nothing funny about Mary Jones (\u003ca href=\"http://www.bontheball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/monique1.gif\">except maybe this genius creation\u003c/a>). Not only does she facilitate her daughter's sexual abuse, Mary also mentally abuses her and tries to drop a television on her head. The only capable person to negotiate a train wreck like this is a social worker played by \u003ca href=\"http://www.gifbin.com/bin/072009/1248777391_mariah-carey-pitch-fail.gif\">Mariah Carey\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Betty Draper: \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 398px\">\u003ca href=\"http://sonainthecity.wordpress.com/tag/peggy-olson/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://i42.tinypic.com/2uizvrl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"240\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://sonainthecity.wordpress.com/tag/peggy-olson/\">Sonainthecity\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Remember that time when you were a real brat during your puberty era? Well, Betty Draper seems to have gotten stuck there. She's petulant, self-involved and never satisfied, all characteristics that keep her from being a good mother. Like when Sally showed up \u003ca href=\"https://kaydubya.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/sally-draper-bag.gif\">wearing a plastic dry cleaning bag over her head\u003c/a> and Betty warned that the clothes better not be in a pile somewhere. Or when she told Bobby to go bang his head against a wall after he said he was bored. Or when she dragged Sally into a closet and locked her inside (\"You're hurting me!\" \"Good!\"). You get the picture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">THE BELOVED\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Clair Huxtable: \u003cem>The Cosby Show\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/08/fictional-moms-who-frighten-us-and-ones-we-love/tumblr_inline_mz6ir0snvo1qas84s/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12095\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/tumblr_inline_mz6ir0sNVo1qas84s.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_inline_mz6ir0sNVo1qas84s\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12095\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Beyonce had the trademark on being perfect, it was all Clair Huxtable, a tough, elegant lawyer and mother of five children. While her husband believes he holds the power in the household, it's usually Clair who gets to the bottom of things with \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYpVzc3qunE\">a lecture about why you can't just run off to Baltimore without permission\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpEj00g9CyE\">a perfect lesson on feminism\u003c/a> (if you only click on one link for the rest of your life, let it be this one).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Molly Weasley: \u003cem>Harry Potter\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://iminlovewithamuggle.tumblr.com/post/40699505790\">\u003cimg src=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/72c532b114ca76b06d55fc4128548f29/tumblr_mgqig5SH8f1r0wg85o1_500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"208\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://iminlovewithamuggle.tumblr.com/post/40699505790\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The epitome of a mother hen, Molly Weasley is an encouraging, doting mother, who loves to make everyone feel at ease, despite, you know, the world possibly ending and everyone dropping dead and all of that jazz. But that doesn't mean she's just a domestic goddess; she will kill your ass if you threaten one of her children (see animated gif above).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Lorelai Gilmore: \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://aslongasyouremine.tumblr.com/post/45045087163\">\u003cimg src=\"http://25.media.tumblr.com/ef69964e218ed9d7c2cb60e04bf4d4ed/tumblr_mjb1fxzS9L1qdvxb9o1_500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://aslongasyouremine.tumblr.com/post/45045087163\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Best fictional mom? Duh. Best fictional TV character ever? Quite possibly! Lorelai Gilmore is an impressive mom for more reasons than I can get into at the moment, but here are a few:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>named her daughter after herself because a. men do it all the time and b. why not?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>left a life of privilege with a baby in tow at the age of 16 and worked her way up from a maid at an inn to running the joint.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>put aside her pride and made a deal with her estranged parents to send her daughter to a good prep school.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>provided a sanctuary away from a scary religious Korean mother for her daughter's best friend.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1kcyfK53F1qzzgmo.gif\">sang \"Wind Beneath My Wings\" by Bette Middler\u003c/a> instead of getting upset after finding out her underage daughter attended a kegger and was the cause of severe property damage.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>did not kill her daughter when she dropped out of college and stole a boat.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>But the best way to sum up the greatness of Lorelai Gilmore (apart from \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2014/10/01/gilmore-girls-netflix-10-best-episodes-binge-watch-marathon/\">rewatching the entire series\u003c/a> every year which I totally do) is through her daughter's valedictorian speech (grab a tissue!):\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfCYKe5SxQE\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003c/h2>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Queen Mother: \u003cem>Alien\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.icantbelieveitsalawblog.com/post/49798293628/based-on-this-promo-scene-alone-you-would-have\">\u003cimg src=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/a946d6feea2865427e5cfac67b6dfb5d/tumblr_mk9vij5q8V1qcga5ro1_500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.icantbelieveitsalawblog.com/post/49798293628/based-on-this-promo-scene-alone-you-would-have\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Take Molly Weasley's protective vibe and multiply it by 7000 (plus buckets of slime saliva) and you get the Queen Mother from \u003cem>Alien\u003c/em>. Sure, she's frightening and monstrous and mutilates everyone who crosses her path, but she has her reasons! They pose a risk to her babies and she is not having any of that. No one said being maternal was always pretty.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Lucille Bluth: \u003cem>Arrested Development\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.vulture.com/2013/03/arrested-development-jessica-walter-talks-about-5-classic-lucille-bluth-gifs.html\">\u003cimg src=\"http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/vulture/2013/03/07/07-lucille-thirsty.o.jpg/a_560x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"279\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.vulture.com/2013/03/arrested-development-jessica-walter-talks-about-5-classic-lucille-bluth-gifs.html\">Vulture\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sure, she has \u003ca href=\"http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc2i5ocjDe1qhr84co1_500.gif\">a pill problem\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m04cy5VQYF1qzlvmi.gif\">drinks before most people wake up in the morning\u003c/a> and is real about \u003ca href=\"http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/arrested-development-season1-epsidoe-1-pilot-lucille-2.gif\">not particularly liking some of her children\u003c/a>, but somehow all of that doesn't keep us from falling in love with Lucille every time she's on screen. Maybe she's not one to help you with your geometry homework or pack you a healthy, well-balanced lunch, but you should really be doing that for yourself anyway. \u003ca href=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltpe9854My1qf6r53o1_500.gif\">Cheers and winks\u003c/a> to this wonderful woman!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there you have it, ladies and gentleman! Which fictional moms would make your list? And when are you going to call your mom? (Answer: right now).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A version of this story was \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/08/fictional-moms-who-frighten-us-and-ones-we-love/\">originally published in 2013\u003c/a>.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"In honor of Mothers' Day, here's a look at the most frightening and beloved fictional mothers in the history of forever.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1431112055,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":1182},"headData":{"title":"The Most Beloved and Frightening Fictional Moms | KQED","description":"In honor of Mothers' Day, here's a look at the most frightening and beloved fictional mothers in the history of forever.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"The Most Beloved and Frightening Fictional Moms","datePublished":"2015-05-08T19:06:17.000Z","dateModified":"2015-05-08T19:07:35.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"16251 http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/?p=16251","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/05/08/the-most-beloved-and-frightening-fictional-moms/","disqusTitle":"The Most Beloved and Frightening Fictional Moms","path":"/pop/16251/the-most-beloved-and-frightening-fictional-moms","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/08/fictional-moms-who-frighten-us-and-ones-we-love/moms/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4562\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4562\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/moms.jpg\" alt=\"moms\" width=\"500\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/moms.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/moms-400x307.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mothers' Day is right around the corner, a day about finally remembering to return your mom's phone calls and crafting bad macaroni art that expresses your appreciation for her. It's also a day to remember those other women that helped mold you into the dazzling creature you have become. No, I'm not talking about your first grade teacher or your great grandmother (although I'm sure they're really spectacular women); I'm talking about those fictional moms that made an impact through television or movies, the ones that you sometimes wished were your mom and the ones that made you thankful for your own. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are the most frightening and most beloved fictional mothers in the history of forever:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">THE FRIGHTENING\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Joan Crawford: \u003cem>Mommie Dearest\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://fromthemotionpicture.tumblr.com/post/49469238690\">\u003cimg src=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/a43f4285035cd43c23f2c8754124d58e/tumblr_mm71voymc11r1ult6o1_400.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://fromthemotionpicture.tumblr.com/post/49469238690\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Joan Crawford isn't technically a fictional character, but there is some dispute over how accurate her daughter's depiction of her is so I say it counts (also, why would we forgo any opportunity to talk about Joan Crawford?). So we all know that Joan is \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUkE9qaVgmo\">not a huge fan of wire hangers\u003c/a> (who is really?), but that's the least of it. Crawford also ties her son to his bed, says \"I'd rather you go bald to school than looking like a tramp!\" while cutting off her daughter's hair, forces her daughter to stay at the dinner table overnight until she finishes her undercooked steak, says \"YOU LOVE TO MAKE ME HIT YOU!\" while slapping her daughter in front of a reporter, and then leaves them both out of her will. Way harsh, Tai.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Margaret White: \u003cem>Carrie\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ofallbadthings.tumblr.com/post/28501459084\">\u003cimg src=\"http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdjp4xzMiO1r0m8k0.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://ofallbadthings.tumblr.com/post/28501459084\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some teens lock themselves in their rooms and write bad poetry about how \u003cem>absolutely horrible\u003c/em> their mother is for grounding them or taking away phone privileges or whatever. These whiners obviously haven't seen \u003cem>Carrie\u003c/em>, a movie that makes most mothers look as gentle as \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A276_8XeLgE\">Dumbo's mom\u003c/a>. Margaret White has a lot of opinions on what is suitable behavior for her daughter, Carrie. Let's go over some of them: she should never wear red (that's for hell-bound whores), she should only refer to her breasts as \"dirty pillows,\" she should think of pimples as \"the Lord's way of chastising you,\" she should pray and ask forgiveness for her sinful period, she should be cool with getting tea thrown in her face, and she should heed the mantra: \"They're all going to laugh at you!\" It's enough to make anyone become a pyromaniac murderer!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Mary Jones: \u003cem>Precious\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/08/fictional-moms-who-frighten-us-and-ones-we-love/precious_movie_trailer/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4551\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4551\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/Precious_Movie_Trailer.gif\" alt=\"Precious_Movie_Trailer\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there's a degree of campy comedy to Joan Crawford and Margaret White, there's nothing funny about Mary Jones (\u003ca href=\"http://www.bontheball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/monique1.gif\">except maybe this genius creation\u003c/a>). Not only does she facilitate her daughter's sexual abuse, Mary also mentally abuses her and tries to drop a television on her head. The only capable person to negotiate a train wreck like this is a social worker played by \u003ca href=\"http://www.gifbin.com/bin/072009/1248777391_mariah-carey-pitch-fail.gif\">Mariah Carey\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Betty Draper: \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 398px\">\u003ca href=\"http://sonainthecity.wordpress.com/tag/peggy-olson/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://i42.tinypic.com/2uizvrl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"240\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://sonainthecity.wordpress.com/tag/peggy-olson/\">Sonainthecity\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Remember that time when you were a real brat during your puberty era? Well, Betty Draper seems to have gotten stuck there. She's petulant, self-involved and never satisfied, all characteristics that keep her from being a good mother. Like when Sally showed up \u003ca href=\"https://kaydubya.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/sally-draper-bag.gif\">wearing a plastic dry cleaning bag over her head\u003c/a> and Betty warned that the clothes better not be in a pile somewhere. Or when she told Bobby to go bang his head against a wall after he said he was bored. Or when she dragged Sally into a closet and locked her inside (\"You're hurting me!\" \"Good!\"). You get the picture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">THE BELOVED\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Clair Huxtable: \u003cem>The Cosby Show\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/08/fictional-moms-who-frighten-us-and-ones-we-love/tumblr_inline_mz6ir0snvo1qas84s/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12095\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/tumblr_inline_mz6ir0sNVo1qas84s.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_inline_mz6ir0sNVo1qas84s\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12095\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Beyonce had the trademark on being perfect, it was all Clair Huxtable, a tough, elegant lawyer and mother of five children. While her husband believes he holds the power in the household, it's usually Clair who gets to the bottom of things with \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYpVzc3qunE\">a lecture about why you can't just run off to Baltimore without permission\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpEj00g9CyE\">a perfect lesson on feminism\u003c/a> (if you only click on one link for the rest of your life, let it be this one).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Molly Weasley: \u003cem>Harry Potter\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://iminlovewithamuggle.tumblr.com/post/40699505790\">\u003cimg src=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/72c532b114ca76b06d55fc4128548f29/tumblr_mgqig5SH8f1r0wg85o1_500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"208\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://iminlovewithamuggle.tumblr.com/post/40699505790\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The epitome of a mother hen, Molly Weasley is an encouraging, doting mother, who loves to make everyone feel at ease, despite, you know, the world possibly ending and everyone dropping dead and all of that jazz. But that doesn't mean she's just a domestic goddess; she will kill your ass if you threaten one of her children (see animated gif above).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Lorelai Gilmore: \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://aslongasyouremine.tumblr.com/post/45045087163\">\u003cimg src=\"http://25.media.tumblr.com/ef69964e218ed9d7c2cb60e04bf4d4ed/tumblr_mjb1fxzS9L1qdvxb9o1_500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://aslongasyouremine.tumblr.com/post/45045087163\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Best fictional mom? Duh. Best fictional TV character ever? Quite possibly! Lorelai Gilmore is an impressive mom for more reasons than I can get into at the moment, but here are a few:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>named her daughter after herself because a. men do it all the time and b. why not?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>left a life of privilege with a baby in tow at the age of 16 and worked her way up from a maid at an inn to running the joint.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>put aside her pride and made a deal with her estranged parents to send her daughter to a good prep school.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>provided a sanctuary away from a scary religious Korean mother for her daughter's best friend.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1kcyfK53F1qzzgmo.gif\">sang \"Wind Beneath My Wings\" by Bette Middler\u003c/a> instead of getting upset after finding out her underage daughter attended a kegger and was the cause of severe property damage.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>did not kill her daughter when she dropped out of college and stole a boat.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>But the best way to sum up the greatness of Lorelai Gilmore (apart from \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2014/10/01/gilmore-girls-netflix-10-best-episodes-binge-watch-marathon/\">rewatching the entire series\u003c/a> every year which I totally do) is through her daughter's valedictorian speech (grab a tissue!):\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/JfCYKe5SxQE'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/JfCYKe5SxQE'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003c/h2>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Queen Mother: \u003cem>Alien\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.icantbelieveitsalawblog.com/post/49798293628/based-on-this-promo-scene-alone-you-would-have\">\u003cimg src=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/a946d6feea2865427e5cfac67b6dfb5d/tumblr_mk9vij5q8V1qcga5ro1_500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.icantbelieveitsalawblog.com/post/49798293628/based-on-this-promo-scene-alone-you-would-have\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Take Molly Weasley's protective vibe and multiply it by 7000 (plus buckets of slime saliva) and you get the Queen Mother from \u003cem>Alien\u003c/em>. Sure, she's frightening and monstrous and mutilates everyone who crosses her path, but she has her reasons! They pose a risk to her babies and she is not having any of that. No one said being maternal was always pretty.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Lucille Bluth: \u003cem>Arrested Development\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.vulture.com/2013/03/arrested-development-jessica-walter-talks-about-5-classic-lucille-bluth-gifs.html\">\u003cimg src=\"http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/vulture/2013/03/07/07-lucille-thirsty.o.jpg/a_560x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"279\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.vulture.com/2013/03/arrested-development-jessica-walter-talks-about-5-classic-lucille-bluth-gifs.html\">Vulture\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sure, she has \u003ca href=\"http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc2i5ocjDe1qhr84co1_500.gif\">a pill problem\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m04cy5VQYF1qzlvmi.gif\">drinks before most people wake up in the morning\u003c/a> and is real about \u003ca href=\"http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/arrested-development-season1-epsidoe-1-pilot-lucille-2.gif\">not particularly liking some of her children\u003c/a>, but somehow all of that doesn't keep us from falling in love with Lucille every time she's on screen. Maybe she's not one to help you with your geometry homework or pack you a healthy, well-balanced lunch, but you should really be doing that for yourself anyway. \u003ca href=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltpe9854My1qf6r53o1_500.gif\">Cheers and winks\u003c/a> to this wonderful woman!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there you have it, ladies and gentleman! Which fictional moms would make your list? And when are you going to call your mom? (Answer: right now).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A version of this story was \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/08/fictional-moms-who-frighten-us-and-ones-we-love/\">originally published in 2013\u003c/a>.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/16251/the-most-beloved-and-frightening-fictional-moms","authors":["27"],"categories":["pop_51","pop_3"],"tags":["pop_725","pop_32","pop_723"],"featImg":"pop_16252","label":"pop"},"pop_16084":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_16084","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"16084","score":null,"sort":[1431029944000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"beyond-soccer-moms-why-we-need-to-broaden-our-ideas-of-motherhood","title":"Beyond Soccer Moms: Why We Need to Broaden Our Ideas of Motherhood","publishDate":1431029944,"format":"aside","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16230\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY.jpg\" alt=\"MOTHERz DAY\" width=\"519\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY.jpg 519w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY-400x400.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cultural debate over having kids vs. not having kids \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/style/no-kids-for-me-thanks.html\">continues strong\u003c/a>, with impassioned think pieces, statistics and the word \"selfish\" bandied about in both directions (even \u003ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/11/pope-francis-the-choice-to-not-have-children-is-selfish\">the Pope \u003c/a>has weighed in!). I used to read these articles with some interest, as if they might hold answers for my own profound ambivalence on the matter, but I do so less these days. It turns out, of course, the answer isn't there, and the whole discussion begins to feel a little bit noisy after a while. It's all more personal than this giant public display.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are a lot of complicated decisions in our lives, ones that take a really long time to make and matter a great deal. Then there are the narratives spinning around us as we do. This happens in a very particular sort of way for women, with a lot of judgement and rules. Our real life decisions and roles are complicated and \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2015/01/30/382428335/are-we-having-fun-yet-new-book-explores-the-paradox-of-parenting\">full of paradox\u003c/a> and our popular culture ought to reflect that, rather than simplify or dictate.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">We believe mothers embody certain characteristics or they ought to. They are either meant to be earth mamas knitting booties on a loom or harried soccer moms in ads for laundry detergent.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The photographer Sally Mann's \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/magazine/the-cost-of-sally-manns-exposure.html\">recent essay\u003c/a> in \u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em> got me thinking about all the rules women must follow, both those shouted loudly from the rooftops and those sneakily, silently believed in the darkest parts of our hearts. We believe mothers embody certain characteristics or they ought to. They are either meant to be earth mamas knitting booties on a loom or harried soccer moms in ads for laundry detergent. They are barren witches or asexual caretakers with no desires of their own. They take naturally to the role of mother as they should or they are stricken by disconnect and a failure of their biology and femininity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Mann's essay, she eloquently, and somewhat defensively, discusses being both an artist and a mother, how the critiques of the former intersected with those of the latter. She \u003ca href=\"http://sallymann.com/selected-works/family-pictures\">famously photographed\u003c/a> her young children on their Virginia farm, which caused some serious hoopla over what some deemed the indecent and pornographic quality of the images. Mann's essay describes the controversy with insight and clarity for the most part, but the claims of those branding her a bad mother clearly rile her. And we do seem particularly ready, as a collective, to label mothers one thing or another, too much of this or not enough of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite its soapy ridiculousness, the country soap \u003cem>Nashville\u003c/em> sometimes reflects some surprisingly accurate versions of ourselves, albeit in the guise of country music stars. A recent storyline has former country starlet Juliette Barnes struggling with a postpartum yearning for country music fame, rooftop concerts, and elevator sex, instead of longing for mother-daughter bonding and bliss with her new baby. The scenes where the baby cries, and Juliette's face gets all cold, and she wants to go to a party instead sort of give me a wonderful thrill. And not because I'm rooting for the darkness, but because I think the darkness needs to be illuminated a little bit more.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Being a mother is really, really hard sometimes. As with a lot we don’t readily admit, it seems that just saying this out loud is a great place to start.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>I hope this is the only place on the internet where \u003cem>Nashville\u003c/em> and \u003cem>The Babadook\u003c/em> are uttered in the same sentence, but there's an important thread connecting them. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/12/meet-jennifer-kent-director-of-the-babadook.html\">The Babadook\u003c/a> \u003c/em>inspired Anthony Lane of \u003cem>The New Yorker\u003c/em> to declare, \"Let a law be passed, requiring all \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2014/11/horror_movies_about_mothers_and_children_the_babadook_lyle_and_other_films.html\">horror films\u003c/a> to be made by female directors.\" \u003cem>The Babadook\u003c/em> is an entirely discomfiting look at motherhood. It examines the all-consuming nature of grief, the sometimes totally annoying demands of a child, and how a mother's identity fits into those heavy things, exploring whether she will even survive. All of this leads to an admission: being a mother is really, really hard sometimes. As with a lot we don't readily admit, it seems that just saying this out loud is a great place to start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Personal essays often seem to be where the complexities of motherhood begin to get the attention they deserve, where some of the tropes break down and make room for more interesting details. Ayelet Waldman's \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/27/fashion/27love.html?_r=0\">controversial essay\u003c/a> from 10 years ago is a good example, in which she states that she loves her husband more than her children, and subsequently \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/04/AR2009050403451.html?sid=ST2009050802521\">caused the world to freak out.\u003c/a> I appreciate her willingness to thoughtfully explore an unpopular point of view and her reminder that there are countless experiences of love and motherhood. She writes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\"And if my children resent having been moons rather than the sun? If they berate me for not having loved them enough? If they call me a bad mother?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>I will tell them that I wish for them a love like I have for their father. I will tell them that they are my children, and they deserve both to love and be loved like that. I will tell them to settle for nothing less than what they saw when they looked at me, looking at him.\"\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is also the amazing Megan Daum, whose \u003ca href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/29/difference-maker\">essay\u003c/a> on social work, miscarriages, and the decision to be a mother (or not) is one of the most interesting things I've read in a long time, about any subject. Much like Waldman's piece, I felt grateful and reassured by the voice of a woman so truly and specifically sharing her individual experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ditto Maggie Nelson's \u003ca href=\"http://harpers.org/archive/2015/04/in-the-pain-cavern/\">essay\u003c/a> on childbirth, which mixes transcendence and death in equal measure. She considers the idea of childbirth as a way to feel a certain closeness with death. At first glance, it might seem like a morbid notion, but I don't think it is. We are born and we will die. It makes sense that a woman deeply engaged in the act of giving birth would be profoundly, physiologically reminded of the counter-pose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My own mom once told me that, when I was first born, she cried because she realized that someday I would die. Who among us might know that in their bones more than our mothers? It isn't sweet or sentimental, it isn't an ad for laundry detergent, or a lifestyle blog with a handmade bassinet, or a pink glittered card to send on one day of the year. It's far darker, deeper, and more profound than all that. It's much more about love. We should all be willing to tell these stories, and we should all want to listen.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Our culture only shows one side of motherhood. Here's why that needs to stop.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1431029944,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":15,"wordCount":1174},"headData":{"title":"Beyond Soccer Moms: Why We Need to Broaden Our Ideas of Motherhood | KQED","description":"Our culture only shows one side of motherhood. Here's why that needs to stop.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Beyond Soccer Moms: Why We Need to Broaden Our Ideas of Motherhood","datePublished":"2015-05-07T20:19:04.000Z","dateModified":"2015-05-07T20:19:04.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"16084 http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/?p=16084","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/05/07/beyond-soccer-moms-why-we-need-to-broaden-our-ideas-of-motherhood/","disqusTitle":"Beyond Soccer Moms: Why We Need to Broaden Our Ideas of Motherhood","path":"/pop/16084/beyond-soccer-moms-why-we-need-to-broaden-our-ideas-of-motherhood","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16230\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY.jpg\" alt=\"MOTHERz DAY\" width=\"519\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY.jpg 519w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY-400x400.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cultural debate over having kids vs. not having kids \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/style/no-kids-for-me-thanks.html\">continues strong\u003c/a>, with impassioned think pieces, statistics and the word \"selfish\" bandied about in both directions (even \u003ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/11/pope-francis-the-choice-to-not-have-children-is-selfish\">the Pope \u003c/a>has weighed in!). I used to read these articles with some interest, as if they might hold answers for my own profound ambivalence on the matter, but I do so less these days. It turns out, of course, the answer isn't there, and the whole discussion begins to feel a little bit noisy after a while. It's all more personal than this giant public display.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are a lot of complicated decisions in our lives, ones that take a really long time to make and matter a great deal. Then there are the narratives spinning around us as we do. This happens in a very particular sort of way for women, with a lot of judgement and rules. Our real life decisions and roles are complicated and \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2015/01/30/382428335/are-we-having-fun-yet-new-book-explores-the-paradox-of-parenting\">full of paradox\u003c/a> and our popular culture ought to reflect that, rather than simplify or dictate.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">We believe mothers embody certain characteristics or they ought to. They are either meant to be earth mamas knitting booties on a loom or harried soccer moms in ads for laundry detergent.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The photographer Sally Mann's \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/magazine/the-cost-of-sally-manns-exposure.html\">recent essay\u003c/a> in \u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em> got me thinking about all the rules women must follow, both those shouted loudly from the rooftops and those sneakily, silently believed in the darkest parts of our hearts. We believe mothers embody certain characteristics or they ought to. They are either meant to be earth mamas knitting booties on a loom or harried soccer moms in ads for laundry detergent. They are barren witches or asexual caretakers with no desires of their own. They take naturally to the role of mother as they should or they are stricken by disconnect and a failure of their biology and femininity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Mann's essay, she eloquently, and somewhat defensively, discusses being both an artist and a mother, how the critiques of the former intersected with those of the latter. She \u003ca href=\"http://sallymann.com/selected-works/family-pictures\">famously photographed\u003c/a> her young children on their Virginia farm, which caused some serious hoopla over what some deemed the indecent and pornographic quality of the images. Mann's essay describes the controversy with insight and clarity for the most part, but the claims of those branding her a bad mother clearly rile her. And we do seem particularly ready, as a collective, to label mothers one thing or another, too much of this or not enough of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite its soapy ridiculousness, the country soap \u003cem>Nashville\u003c/em> sometimes reflects some surprisingly accurate versions of ourselves, albeit in the guise of country music stars. A recent storyline has former country starlet Juliette Barnes struggling with a postpartum yearning for country music fame, rooftop concerts, and elevator sex, instead of longing for mother-daughter bonding and bliss with her new baby. The scenes where the baby cries, and Juliette's face gets all cold, and she wants to go to a party instead sort of give me a wonderful thrill. And not because I'm rooting for the darkness, but because I think the darkness needs to be illuminated a little bit more.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Being a mother is really, really hard sometimes. As with a lot we don’t readily admit, it seems that just saying this out loud is a great place to start.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>I hope this is the only place on the internet where \u003cem>Nashville\u003c/em> and \u003cem>The Babadook\u003c/em> are uttered in the same sentence, but there's an important thread connecting them. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/12/meet-jennifer-kent-director-of-the-babadook.html\">The Babadook\u003c/a> \u003c/em>inspired Anthony Lane of \u003cem>The New Yorker\u003c/em> to declare, \"Let a law be passed, requiring all \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2014/11/horror_movies_about_mothers_and_children_the_babadook_lyle_and_other_films.html\">horror films\u003c/a> to be made by female directors.\" \u003cem>The Babadook\u003c/em> is an entirely discomfiting look at motherhood. It examines the all-consuming nature of grief, the sometimes totally annoying demands of a child, and how a mother's identity fits into those heavy things, exploring whether she will even survive. All of this leads to an admission: being a mother is really, really hard sometimes. As with a lot we don't readily admit, it seems that just saying this out loud is a great place to start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Personal essays often seem to be where the complexities of motherhood begin to get the attention they deserve, where some of the tropes break down and make room for more interesting details. Ayelet Waldman's \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/27/fashion/27love.html?_r=0\">controversial essay\u003c/a> from 10 years ago is a good example, in which she states that she loves her husband more than her children, and subsequently \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/04/AR2009050403451.html?sid=ST2009050802521\">caused the world to freak out.\u003c/a> I appreciate her willingness to thoughtfully explore an unpopular point of view and her reminder that there are countless experiences of love and motherhood. She writes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\"And if my children resent having been moons rather than the sun? If they berate me for not having loved them enough? If they call me a bad mother?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>I will tell them that I wish for them a love like I have for their father. I will tell them that they are my children, and they deserve both to love and be loved like that. I will tell them to settle for nothing less than what they saw when they looked at me, looking at him.\"\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is also the amazing Megan Daum, whose \u003ca href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/29/difference-maker\">essay\u003c/a> on social work, miscarriages, and the decision to be a mother (or not) is one of the most interesting things I've read in a long time, about any subject. Much like Waldman's piece, I felt grateful and reassured by the voice of a woman so truly and specifically sharing her individual experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ditto Maggie Nelson's \u003ca href=\"http://harpers.org/archive/2015/04/in-the-pain-cavern/\">essay\u003c/a> on childbirth, which mixes transcendence and death in equal measure. She considers the idea of childbirth as a way to feel a certain closeness with death. At first glance, it might seem like a morbid notion, but I don't think it is. We are born and we will die. It makes sense that a woman deeply engaged in the act of giving birth would be profoundly, physiologically reminded of the counter-pose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My own mom once told me that, when I was first born, she cried because she realized that someday I would die. Who among us might know that in their bones more than our mothers? It isn't sweet or sentimental, it isn't an ad for laundry detergent, or a lifestyle blog with a handmade bassinet, or a pink glittered card to send on one day of the year. It's far darker, deeper, and more profound than all that. It's much more about love. We should all be willing to tell these stories, and we should all want to listen.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/16084/beyond-soccer-moms-why-we-need-to-broaden-our-ideas-of-motherhood","authors":["2415"],"categories":["pop_51","pop_3"],"tags":["pop_723"],"featImg":"pop_16249","label":"pop"},"pop_4668":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_4668","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"4668","score":null,"sort":[1368224743000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"songs-for-mama-10-tunes-for-your-1-gal","title":"Songs for Mama: 10 Tunes for Your #1 Gal","publishDate":1368224743,"format":"aside","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cp>Although a Whole Foods gift card and solo morning at the spa are what your mother actually wants for her upcoming eponymous day, why not treat her to something you’ve been creating for your friends and crushes since you learned how to tape things off the radio? Here are ten songs to show your mama that although times may be tough and the road may be long, she’ll always be the girl in your life. Like when people ask if there is “anyone special,” you’ll be like, yeah, it’s my mom. They might look at you weird, but then you’ll press play on this mix and they’ll totally get it:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>THE WISTFUL MOTHER\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mother and Child Reunion” – Paul Simon\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pa5H_4lBXs&w=560&h=420]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Legend has it that the \u003cem>mother and child reunion\u003c/em> is actually the name of a \u003ca href=\"http://books.google.com/books?id=ShBhKL-9SLIC&pg=PA53&dq=%22mother+and+child+reunion%22+paul+simon&hl=en&ei=_yqlTLPhFMnDnAfq6NGRAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22mother%20and%20child%20reunion%22%20paul%20simon&f=false\">dish\u003c/a> at Chinese restaurant. Paul Simon saw it, ordered it, and the rest is history. Whether or not this is true doesn’t matter much as the song is a classic, and apparently, Simon is one of the first white musicians to use the reggae beat, so props to the Paulster right there. Though the lyrics are a bit of a mystery, the mother in this case is dealing with potential death and definite longing. But fear not, oh mother, your reunion is only a moment away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>THE SUPPORTIVE MOTHER\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hey Mama” – Kanye West\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf0Xx4TMxCM&w=560&h=420]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We all know the famous \u003ca href=\"http://www.today.com/id/21742159/ns/today-entertainment/t/kanye-wests-mom-dies-after-surgery/\">story\u003c/a> of how a botched plastic surgery incident unfortunately took the life of Kanye’s mother and it’s almost a shame that that's how Donda West will be remembered in the public eye. Luckily, we have this singable homage off Kanye’s 2005 record \u003cem>Late Registration \u003c/em>written seven years prior to Donda’s death. The mother here is in constant support of her son: \u003cem>you work late nights just to keep on the lights / Mommy got me training wheels so I could keep on my bike. \u003c/em>Without Donda, there’d be no Kanye, and without Kanye, there’d be no \u003ca href=\"http://gossipdavid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sm15.jpg\">Kimye\u003c/a> baby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>THE ANXIOUS MOTHER\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Upward Over the Mountain” – Iron & Wine\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Kh09MuIfIU&w=560&h=420]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What you get from early 2000s Iron & Wine is kitchen recordings that sound more like perfect first takes than the clean and polished work he’s putting out today. Sam Beam has delivered mostly poetry in his time under this moniker, but none so gutting as this gem. Repeating the line \u003cem>mother don’t worry \u003c/em>over and over as though it never became true. The mother here always scared of what her son might be up to, waiting behind the front curtains for his early return from a night out. But as he reminds her, he is just up the street, with his\u003cem> coat and some friends on the corner, \u003c/em>and will be home soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>THE LIBERATING MOTHER\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mother Mother” – Tracy Bonham\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK0GgLKUU_I&w=560&h=420]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upon first listen, you hear Tracy Bonham ringing up her mother and screaming into the telephone and you’re all, \u003cem>whoa this girl has major mommy issues\u003c/em>. Weirdly enough, the mother in the video is Tracy’s actual mother which turns it into \u003cem>whoa maybe they’re super cool with each other.\u003c/em> Her mother may have doubted Tracy’s ability to become something but set her free and let her live out her dream. Tracy’s just calling her to tell her mom what’s up and maybe things aren’t perfect: \u003cem>I’m freezing / I’m starving / I’m bleeding to death, \u003c/em>but she’s making her own mistakes, one screaming chorus at a time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>THE YOUNG MOTHER\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Little Green” – Joni Mitchell\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIzJnBWovOs&w=560&h=420]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1964, Joni gave her baby up for \u003ca href=\"http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,137560,00.html\">adoption\u003c/a> and bronzed the story in this song. She was 21 and simply not ready to take care of a child. Decades later, she and her daughter Kilauren Gibbs were reunited, thanks to the wonders of the Internet. While much of this story is both brave and sad (\u003cem>call her green and the winters cannot fade her / call her green for the children that made her... / little green have a happy ending\u003c/em>), Joni can keep her head up and look forward and ahead to grandchildren. It’s as though she knew the day would come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>THE REALISTIC MOTHER\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mama Said” – The Shirelles\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQlImg2bm28&w=560&h=420]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You might not meet Mr. or Ms. Right in high school, fall in love, stay together through college, then get married in your late 20s followed by a high-paying job in the city and a house on \u003ca href=\"http://cdn.hauteliving.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Ira-Rennert-House.jpg\">Long Island\u003c/a>; it just might not be in the cards for you. But please note: something will happen, you’ll take the rocky road like most people take who are living real life and you’ll deal with good times and bad and you’ll get through it. Mama knows best, dear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>THE ENCOURAGING MOTHER\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Look What You’ve Done” – Drake\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrjbFRutrS8&w=560&h=420]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s one thing to work two jobs and late nights to support your child financially and it’s another thing to say to your child: you are amazing (Disclaimer: I am not a parent and know nothing about what it’s like to be a parent.). Drake sings: \u003cem>but I could do anything / you said that / and you meant that / you took me places / you spent that / they said no / we went back / checks bounced / but we bounced back\u003c/em>. Here I think is the crux of the song. When the money isn’t there, Drake and his mother figure it out and they figure it out as a team. Words of encouragement, in both directions, can go a long way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>THE DOGMATIC MOTHER\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mama Says” – The Beach Boys\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXILKwxEq_Y&w=560&h=420]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not to be confused with The Shirelles past tense title, The Beach Boys’ mothers are present tensing lessons all over the place. With just a few brief directives to their sons repeated five times in just over a minute: \u003cem>eat a lot / sleep a lot / brush ‘em like crazy / run a lot / do a lot / never be lazy\u003c/em>, these mothers mean business. It evokes the “How many times do I have to tell you?!” charm of motherhood. \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/AOMyS78o5YI\">God\u003c/a> only knows what I’d be without my mom reminding me to clean my room, again and again. Probably doing the same thing I am today but with a totally messy room!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>THE HONEST MOTHER\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Alive” – Pearl Jam\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KHhopU_X_U&w=560&h=420]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part autobiographical and part fiction, Eddie Vedder sings the \u003ca href=\"http://web.archive.org/web/20070619084803/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10560431/five_against_the_world\">story\u003c/a> of a son who is told by his mother that his father is not really his father but his stepfather. It gets very \u003cem>As the World Turns \u003c/em>up in here. But isn’t this part of being a parent? Being completely open and truthful with your child will only facilitate communication, not hinder it, right? Granted, this secret is a soapy one but better now than later, when he’s 35, and his children find out on the Internet that their real grandfather is some crystal freak who was on season one of \u003cem>Hoarders.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>THE SWEET MOTHER\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Song for Mama” – Boyz II Men\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tap90z44WR8&w=560&h=420]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And finally, one of the greatest bands of all time singing about the greatest female love of their lives. Their moms, duh. A tender little number with lyrics like: \u003cem>you were there for me / to love and care for me / when skies were grey\u003c/em>. While the words are for sure worthy of your run-of-the-mill Walgreen’s greeting card, the sentiment is supes cute. And here I am thinking we the fans were responsible for turning these boys into men, when in fact, it was their mothers all along.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Here are ten songs to show your mama that although times may be tough and the road may be long, she’ll always be the girl your in life.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1552198023,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":43,"wordCount":1479},"headData":{"title":"Songs for Mama: 10 Tunes for Your #1 Gal | KQED","description":"Here are ten songs to show your mama that although times may be tough and the road may be long, she’ll always be the girl your in life.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Songs for Mama: 10 Tunes for Your #1 Gal","datePublished":"2013-05-10T22:25:43.000Z","dateModified":"2019-03-10T06:07:03.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"4668 http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/?p=4668","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/10/songs-for-mama-10-tunes-for-your-1-gal/","disqusTitle":"Songs for Mama: 10 Tunes for Your #1 Gal","path":"/pop/4668/songs-for-mama-10-tunes-for-your-1-gal","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Although a Whole Foods gift card and solo morning at the spa are what your mother actually wants for her upcoming eponymous day, why not treat her to something you’ve been creating for your friends and crushes since you learned how to tape things off the radio? Here are ten songs to show your mama that although times may be tough and the road may be long, she’ll always be the girl in your life. Like when people ask if there is “anyone special,” you’ll be like, yeah, it’s my mom. They might look at you weird, but then you’ll press play on this mix and they’ll totally get it:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>THE WISTFUL MOTHER\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mother and Child Reunion” – Paul Simon\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/7Pa5H_4lBXs'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/7Pa5H_4lBXs'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Legend has it that the \u003cem>mother and child reunion\u003c/em> is actually the name of a \u003ca href=\"http://books.google.com/books?id=ShBhKL-9SLIC&pg=PA53&dq=%22mother+and+child+reunion%22+paul+simon&hl=en&ei=_yqlTLPhFMnDnAfq6NGRAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22mother%20and%20child%20reunion%22%20paul%20simon&f=false\">dish\u003c/a> at Chinese restaurant. Paul Simon saw it, ordered it, and the rest is history. Whether or not this is true doesn’t matter much as the song is a classic, and apparently, Simon is one of the first white musicians to use the reggae beat, so props to the Paulster right there. Though the lyrics are a bit of a mystery, the mother in this case is dealing with potential death and definite longing. But fear not, oh mother, your reunion is only a moment away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>THE SUPPORTIVE MOTHER\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hey Mama” – Kanye West\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/lf0Xx4TMxCM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/lf0Xx4TMxCM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We all know the famous \u003ca href=\"http://www.today.com/id/21742159/ns/today-entertainment/t/kanye-wests-mom-dies-after-surgery/\">story\u003c/a> of how a botched plastic surgery incident unfortunately took the life of Kanye’s mother and it’s almost a shame that that's how Donda West will be remembered in the public eye. Luckily, we have this singable homage off Kanye’s 2005 record \u003cem>Late Registration \u003c/em>written seven years prior to Donda’s death. The mother here is in constant support of her son: \u003cem>you work late nights just to keep on the lights / Mommy got me training wheels so I could keep on my bike. \u003c/em>Without Donda, there’d be no Kanye, and without Kanye, there’d be no \u003ca href=\"http://gossipdavid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sm15.jpg\">Kimye\u003c/a> baby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>THE ANXIOUS MOTHER\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Upward Over the Mountain” – Iron & Wine\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/3Kh09MuIfIU'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/3Kh09MuIfIU'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What you get from early 2000s Iron & Wine is kitchen recordings that sound more like perfect first takes than the clean and polished work he’s putting out today. Sam Beam has delivered mostly poetry in his time under this moniker, but none so gutting as this gem. Repeating the line \u003cem>mother don’t worry \u003c/em>over and over as though it never became true. The mother here always scared of what her son might be up to, waiting behind the front curtains for his early return from a night out. But as he reminds her, he is just up the street, with his\u003cem> coat and some friends on the corner, \u003c/em>and will be home soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>THE LIBERATING MOTHER\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mother Mother” – Tracy Bonham\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/QK0GgLKUU_I'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/QK0GgLKUU_I'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upon first listen, you hear Tracy Bonham ringing up her mother and screaming into the telephone and you’re all, \u003cem>whoa this girl has major mommy issues\u003c/em>. Weirdly enough, the mother in the video is Tracy’s actual mother which turns it into \u003cem>whoa maybe they’re super cool with each other.\u003c/em> Her mother may have doubted Tracy’s ability to become something but set her free and let her live out her dream. Tracy’s just calling her to tell her mom what’s up and maybe things aren’t perfect: \u003cem>I’m freezing / I’m starving / I’m bleeding to death, \u003c/em>but she’s making her own mistakes, one screaming chorus at a time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>THE YOUNG MOTHER\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Little Green” – Joni Mitchell\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/jIzJnBWovOs'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/jIzJnBWovOs'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1964, Joni gave her baby up for \u003ca href=\"http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,137560,00.html\">adoption\u003c/a> and bronzed the story in this song. She was 21 and simply not ready to take care of a child. Decades later, she and her daughter Kilauren Gibbs were reunited, thanks to the wonders of the Internet. While much of this story is both brave and sad (\u003cem>call her green and the winters cannot fade her / call her green for the children that made her... / little green have a happy ending\u003c/em>), Joni can keep her head up and look forward and ahead to grandchildren. It’s as though she knew the day would come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>THE REALISTIC MOTHER\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mama Said” – The Shirelles\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/WQlImg2bm28'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/WQlImg2bm28'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You might not meet Mr. or Ms. Right in high school, fall in love, stay together through college, then get married in your late 20s followed by a high-paying job in the city and a house on \u003ca href=\"http://cdn.hauteliving.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Ira-Rennert-House.jpg\">Long Island\u003c/a>; it just might not be in the cards for you. But please note: something will happen, you’ll take the rocky road like most people take who are living real life and you’ll deal with good times and bad and you’ll get through it. Mama knows best, dear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>THE ENCOURAGING MOTHER\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Look What You’ve Done” – Drake\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/hrjbFRutrS8'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/hrjbFRutrS8'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s one thing to work two jobs and late nights to support your child financially and it’s another thing to say to your child: you are amazing (Disclaimer: I am not a parent and know nothing about what it’s like to be a parent.). Drake sings: \u003cem>but I could do anything / you said that / and you meant that / you took me places / you spent that / they said no / we went back / checks bounced / but we bounced back\u003c/em>. Here I think is the crux of the song. When the money isn’t there, Drake and his mother figure it out and they figure it out as a team. Words of encouragement, in both directions, can go a long way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>THE DOGMATIC MOTHER\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mama Says” – The Beach Boys\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/PXILKwxEq_Y'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/PXILKwxEq_Y'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not to be confused with The Shirelles past tense title, The Beach Boys’ mothers are present tensing lessons all over the place. With just a few brief directives to their sons repeated five times in just over a minute: \u003cem>eat a lot / sleep a lot / brush ‘em like crazy / run a lot / do a lot / never be lazy\u003c/em>, these mothers mean business. It evokes the “How many times do I have to tell you?!” charm of motherhood. \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/AOMyS78o5YI\">God\u003c/a> only knows what I’d be without my mom reminding me to clean my room, again and again. Probably doing the same thing I am today but with a totally messy room!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>THE HONEST MOTHER\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Alive” – Pearl Jam\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/3KHhopU_X_U'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/3KHhopU_X_U'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part autobiographical and part fiction, Eddie Vedder sings the \u003ca href=\"http://web.archive.org/web/20070619084803/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10560431/five_against_the_world\">story\u003c/a> of a son who is told by his mother that his father is not really his father but his stepfather. It gets very \u003cem>As the World Turns \u003c/em>up in here. But isn’t this part of being a parent? Being completely open and truthful with your child will only facilitate communication, not hinder it, right? Granted, this secret is a soapy one but better now than later, when he’s 35, and his children find out on the Internet that their real grandfather is some crystal freak who was on season one of \u003cem>Hoarders.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>THE SWEET MOTHER\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Song for Mama” – Boyz II Men\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/tap90z44WR8'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/tap90z44WR8'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And finally, one of the greatest bands of all time singing about the greatest female love of their lives. Their moms, duh. A tender little number with lyrics like: \u003cem>you were there for me / to love and care for me / when skies were grey\u003c/em>. While the words are for sure worthy of your run-of-the-mill Walgreen’s greeting card, the sentiment is supes cute. And here I am thinking we the fans were responsible for turning these boys into men, when in fact, it was their mothers all along.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/4668/songs-for-mama-10-tunes-for-your-1-gal","authors":["2416"],"categories":["pop_6","pop_4"],"tags":["pop_32","pop_723","pop_25"],"featImg":"pop_110224","label":"pop"},"pop_4550":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_4550","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"4550","score":null,"sort":[1368137415000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"celebrate-mothers-day-with-these-six-mom-centric-tv-episodes","title":"Celebrate Mother's Day With These Six Mom-Centric TV Episodes","publishDate":1368137415,"format":"aside","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/09/celebrate-mothers-day-with-these-six-mom-centric-tv-episodes/lucille-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4707\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4707\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/lucille1.jpg\" alt=\"lucille\" width=\"643\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/lucille1.jpg 643w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/lucille1-400x223.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you and your mom don't get to see each other this Sunday, don't worry. Unless it's because she's just suddenly gone missing, in which case, uh-oh, dude, you better go find your mom. I've compiled a list of great TV episodes that revolve around issues of motherhood. I don't advise watching all of them with your mother, but I do recommend them all. And they're all available streaming on Netflix!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. \u003cem>King of the Hill\u003c/em> — Peggy's Turtle Song\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peggy, the ridiculously arrogant matriarch of the Hill family, has a sympathetic storyline in \"Peggy's Turtle Song.\" When her son Bobby eats too much of a cereal called \"Grandma's Oatmeal Cookie Crunch\" and disrupts class, he's diagnosed with A.D.D. Peggy quits her job as a substitute teacher, but soon becomes bored staying home with a now incredibly well-focused son and takes up guitar lessons. She writes a song about a turtle who wants to escape her shell despite her attachment to it. Hank, her husband, is uncharacteristically tyrannical in this episode, and the prospect of Peggy learning the guitar (from a woman with green hair, no less) and performing her song on Mother's Day upsets him. He comes around, of course, and attends her recital, where she plays the turtle song—the metaphor of which is not actually clear to her—to a group of caricatures of '90's feminists, who hoot and holler in appreciation. She tacks on a line about the turtle finding love \"with a turtle named Hank.\" Peggy has found liberation in her own square way, which is kind of beautiful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key Quote: \"I thought we'd agreed to take a big step backwards together, but it sounds like you'd rather play punk music with your hippie friends on boring old Mother's Day.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. \u003cem>The X-Files\u003c/em> — Terms of Endearment\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wikipedia describes this episode as \"an inversion of ... \u003cem>Rosemary's Baby,\u003c/em>\" which proves what I've suspected for a long time but have never been able to prove: the editors of Wikipedia do not know what the word \"inversion\" means. In \"Terms of Endearment,\" Mulder investigates Wayne Weinsider, a demon in human form who impregnates women and takes their babies. Most of the reason this episode is worth watching is that Weinsider is played by camp king Bruce Campbell in a weirdly staid—for a demon—role.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key Quote: \"Mr. Weinsider, I don't want to arrest Laura. I'm sure you'd hate like the devil for this to happen as well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. \u003cem>Home Movies\u003c/em> — Get Away From My Mother\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_4556\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 724px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/09/celebrate-mothers-day-with-these-six-mom-centric-tv-episodes/paula/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4556\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-4556\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/paula.jpg\" alt='From \"Home Movies.\"' width=\"724\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/paula.jpg 724w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/paula-400x298.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From \"Home Movies.\"\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Home Movies'\u003c/em> central character, child VHS auteur Brendon, and his mother Paula, had, I think, one of the most interesting mother-son dynamics on television. In this first episode, in which Paula goes on a date with Brendon's loutish gym coach, Brendon is still very much a child, not understanding the concept of dating and desperately needing Paula to watch the new movie he and his friends made, but because of the show's loose voice-acting style and witty dialogue, the two have always reminded me of a couple of adult friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key Quotes: \"I like to go into this date with almost a chip on my shoulder. How dare he ask me out. How dare anybody put me through this. I'm wearing-- just-- this is my feeling, right now I'm at the precipice of my life, I'm at a turning point. I've decided that I'm just gonna go dressed how I am dressed, because otherwise it's almost false advertising. I'm wearin' big baggy pants and a shirt that makes a man wanna buy me another shirt.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. \u003cem>Arrested Development\u003c/em> — Motherboy XXX\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_4557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 350px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/09/celebrate-mothers-day-with-these-six-mom-centric-tv-episodes/tumblr_me3yoms3hn1qfsw5wo1_400/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4557\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-4557\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/tumblr_me3yoms3Hn1qfsw5wo1_400.gif\" alt='From \"Arrested Development\", via Tumblr user keyridan.' width=\"350\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Arrested Development, via Tumblr user keyridan.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If Brendon and Paula had a compellingly healthy and mature relationship, \u003cem>Arrested Development\u003c/em>'s Lucille and Buster Bluth are fascinating for the inverse reason: Buster is an adult child, and his mother uses his dependency to nurture her own vanity. At this point Buster's left hand has been bitten off by a loose seal, and Lucille feels that Buster's recent moodiness (and scary hook hand) will hurt her chances at winning \"Cutest Couple\" at a weird mother-son dinner dance called Motherboy. She takes her grandson and Buster breaks in to the dance to confront her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key Quote: \"Whenever she changed clothes, she made me wait on the balcony until zip-up. And yet anything goes at bath time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. \u003cem>Archer — \u003c/em>Lo Scandalo\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Further into unhealthy territory, this episode of the spy comedy revolves around its protagonist, Sterling Archer, attempting to dispose of the body of the Prime Minister of Italy, after Archer's mother Mallory seduces the Prime Minister and most likely brings about his demise. I didn't say they were all exemplary mothers. Jessica Walter plays Mallory, a more licensed-to-kill version of Lucille, whom Walter plays on \u003cem>Arrested Development.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key Quote: \"What else was on tonight's menu? Sex under a hive of Africanized bees?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6. \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> — Shoot\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The character of Betty on \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> has become increasingly monstrous in the past few years, but Season One's \"Shoot,\" gives her an epic moment of vindication. After a neighbor threatens to shoot the family dog for taking a bite out of one of his pigeons (did you ever have a neighbor threaten to shoot your dog when you were a kid? I did, and it bummed me out for days, and I probably wasn't even that young), and also after a modeling gig falls through for her, Betty takes out a rifle and coolly begins shooting the neighbor's pigeons out of the sky, cigarette in her mouth. I'll leave you with this so you can think of how many times your mom probably did something this cool for you as a kid—the answer is most likely several.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltl0EQ9O7Gg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What great mom-centric TV episodes did I miss? What's the best \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em> episode? Should I be watching that Norman Bates show? Don't get so caught up in TV-watching that you forget to call your mom!\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Missing your mom this Mother's Day? Watch these mom-related TV show episodes, all available on Netflix Instant!","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1637736134,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":22,"wordCount":1068},"headData":{"title":"Celebrate Mother's Day With These Six Mom-Centric TV Episodes - KQED Pop","description":"Missing your mom this Mother's Day? Watch these mom-related TV show episodes, all available on Netflix Instant!","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Celebrate Mother's Day With These Six Mom-Centric TV Episodes","datePublished":"2013-05-09T22:10:15.000Z","dateModified":"2021-11-24T06:42:14.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"4550 http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/?p=4550","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/09/celebrate-mothers-day-with-these-six-mom-centric-tv-episodes/","disqusTitle":"Celebrate Mother's Day With These Six Mom-Centric TV Episodes","templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/pop/4550/celebrate-mothers-day-with-these-six-mom-centric-tv-episodes","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/09/celebrate-mothers-day-with-these-six-mom-centric-tv-episodes/lucille-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4707\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4707\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/lucille1.jpg\" alt=\"lucille\" width=\"643\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/lucille1.jpg 643w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/lucille1-400x223.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you and your mom don't get to see each other this Sunday, don't worry. Unless it's because she's just suddenly gone missing, in which case, uh-oh, dude, you better go find your mom. I've compiled a list of great TV episodes that revolve around issues of motherhood. I don't advise watching all of them with your mother, but I do recommend them all. And they're all available streaming on Netflix!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. \u003cem>King of the Hill\u003c/em> — Peggy's Turtle Song\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peggy, the ridiculously arrogant matriarch of the Hill family, has a sympathetic storyline in \"Peggy's Turtle Song.\" When her son Bobby eats too much of a cereal called \"Grandma's Oatmeal Cookie Crunch\" and disrupts class, he's diagnosed with A.D.D. Peggy quits her job as a substitute teacher, but soon becomes bored staying home with a now incredibly well-focused son and takes up guitar lessons. She writes a song about a turtle who wants to escape her shell despite her attachment to it. Hank, her husband, is uncharacteristically tyrannical in this episode, and the prospect of Peggy learning the guitar (from a woman with green hair, no less) and performing her song on Mother's Day upsets him. He comes around, of course, and attends her recital, where she plays the turtle song—the metaphor of which is not actually clear to her—to a group of caricatures of '90's feminists, who hoot and holler in appreciation. She tacks on a line about the turtle finding love \"with a turtle named Hank.\" Peggy has found liberation in her own square way, which is kind of beautiful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key Quote: \"I thought we'd agreed to take a big step backwards together, but it sounds like you'd rather play punk music with your hippie friends on boring old Mother's Day.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. \u003cem>The X-Files\u003c/em> — Terms of Endearment\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wikipedia describes this episode as \"an inversion of ... \u003cem>Rosemary's Baby,\u003c/em>\" which proves what I've suspected for a long time but have never been able to prove: the editors of Wikipedia do not know what the word \"inversion\" means. In \"Terms of Endearment,\" Mulder investigates Wayne Weinsider, a demon in human form who impregnates women and takes their babies. Most of the reason this episode is worth watching is that Weinsider is played by camp king Bruce Campbell in a weirdly staid—for a demon—role.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key Quote: \"Mr. Weinsider, I don't want to arrest Laura. I'm sure you'd hate like the devil for this to happen as well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. \u003cem>Home Movies\u003c/em> — Get Away From My Mother\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_4556\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 724px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/09/celebrate-mothers-day-with-these-six-mom-centric-tv-episodes/paula/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4556\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-4556\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/paula.jpg\" alt='From \"Home Movies.\"' width=\"724\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/paula.jpg 724w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/paula-400x298.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From \"Home Movies.\"\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Home Movies'\u003c/em> central character, child VHS auteur Brendon, and his mother Paula, had, I think, one of the most interesting mother-son dynamics on television. In this first episode, in which Paula goes on a date with Brendon's loutish gym coach, Brendon is still very much a child, not understanding the concept of dating and desperately needing Paula to watch the new movie he and his friends made, but because of the show's loose voice-acting style and witty dialogue, the two have always reminded me of a couple of adult friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key Quotes: \"I like to go into this date with almost a chip on my shoulder. How dare he ask me out. How dare anybody put me through this. I'm wearing-- just-- this is my feeling, right now I'm at the precipice of my life, I'm at a turning point. I've decided that I'm just gonna go dressed how I am dressed, because otherwise it's almost false advertising. I'm wearin' big baggy pants and a shirt that makes a man wanna buy me another shirt.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. \u003cem>Arrested Development\u003c/em> — Motherboy XXX\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_4557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 350px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/09/celebrate-mothers-day-with-these-six-mom-centric-tv-episodes/tumblr_me3yoms3hn1qfsw5wo1_400/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4557\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-4557\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/tumblr_me3yoms3Hn1qfsw5wo1_400.gif\" alt='From \"Arrested Development\", via Tumblr user keyridan.' width=\"350\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Arrested Development, via Tumblr user keyridan.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If Brendon and Paula had a compellingly healthy and mature relationship, \u003cem>Arrested Development\u003c/em>'s Lucille and Buster Bluth are fascinating for the inverse reason: Buster is an adult child, and his mother uses his dependency to nurture her own vanity. At this point Buster's left hand has been bitten off by a loose seal, and Lucille feels that Buster's recent moodiness (and scary hook hand) will hurt her chances at winning \"Cutest Couple\" at a weird mother-son dinner dance called Motherboy. She takes her grandson and Buster breaks in to the dance to confront her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key Quote: \"Whenever she changed clothes, she made me wait on the balcony until zip-up. And yet anything goes at bath time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. \u003cem>Archer — \u003c/em>Lo Scandalo\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Further into unhealthy territory, this episode of the spy comedy revolves around its protagonist, Sterling Archer, attempting to dispose of the body of the Prime Minister of Italy, after Archer's mother Mallory seduces the Prime Minister and most likely brings about his demise. I didn't say they were all exemplary mothers. Jessica Walter plays Mallory, a more licensed-to-kill version of Lucille, whom Walter plays on \u003cem>Arrested Development.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key Quote: \"What else was on tonight's menu? Sex under a hive of Africanized bees?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6. \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> — Shoot\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The character of Betty on \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> has become increasingly monstrous in the past few years, but Season One's \"Shoot,\" gives her an epic moment of vindication. After a neighbor threatens to shoot the family dog for taking a bite out of one of his pigeons (did you ever have a neighbor threaten to shoot your dog when you were a kid? I did, and it bummed me out for days, and I probably wasn't even that young), and also after a modeling gig falls through for her, Betty takes out a rifle and coolly begins shooting the neighbor's pigeons out of the sky, cigarette in her mouth. I'll leave you with this so you can think of how many times your mom probably did something this cool for you as a kid—the answer is most likely several.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/ltl0EQ9O7Gg'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/ltl0EQ9O7Gg'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What great mom-centric TV episodes did I miss? What's the best \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em> episode? Should I be watching that Norman Bates show? Don't get so caught up in TV-watching that you forget to call your mom!\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/4550/celebrate-mothers-day-with-these-six-mom-centric-tv-episodes","authors":["2422"],"categories":["pop_6","pop_3"],"tags":["pop_741","pop_471","pop_296","pop_742","pop_744","pop_74","pop_740","pop_723","pop_384","pop_743"],"featImg":"pop_4710","label":"pop"},"pop_4541":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_4541","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"4541","score":null,"sort":[1368034558000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"fictional-moms-who-frighten-us-and-ones-we-love","title":"The Most Beloved and Frightening Fictional Moms","publishDate":1368034558,"format":"aside","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/08/fictional-moms-who-frighten-us-and-ones-we-love/moms/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4562\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4562\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/moms.jpg\" alt=\"moms\" width=\"500\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/moms.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/moms-400x307.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mothers' Day is right around the corner, a day about finally remembering to return your mom's phone calls and crafting bad macaroni art that expresses your appreciation for her. It's also a day to remember those other women that helped mold you into the dazzling creature you have become. No, I'm not talking about your first grade teacher or your great grandmother (although I'm sure they're really spectacular women); I'm talking about those fictional moms that made an impact through television or movies, the ones that you sometimes wished were your mom and the ones that made you thankful for your own. Here are the most frightening and most beloved fictional mothers in the history of forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">THE FRIGHTENING\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Joan Crawford: \u003cem>Mommie Dearest\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://fromthemotionpicture.tumblr.com/post/49469238690\">\u003cimg src=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/a43f4285035cd43c23f2c8754124d58e/tumblr_mm71voymc11r1ult6o1_400.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://fromthemotionpicture.tumblr.com/post/49469238690\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Joan Crawford isn't technically a fictional character, but there is some dispute over how accurate her daughter's depiction of her is so I say it counts (also, why would we forgo any opportunity to talk about Joan Crawford?). So we all know that Joan is \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNn0lpwhoU4\">not a huge fan of wire hangers\u003c/a>(who is really?), but that's the least of it. Crawford also ties her son to his bed, says \"I'd rather you go bald to school than looking like a tramp!\" while cutting off her daughter's hair, says \"YOU LOVE TO MAKE ME HIT YOU!\" while slapping her daughter in front of a reporter, forces her daughter to stay at the dinner table overnight until she finishes her undercooked steak, and then leaves them both out of her will. Way harsh, Tai.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Margaret White: \u003cem>Carrie\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ofallbadthings.tumblr.com/post/28501459084\">\u003cimg src=\"http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdjp4xzMiO1r0m8k0.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://ofallbadthings.tumblr.com/post/28501459084\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some teens lock themselves in their rooms and write bad poetry about how \u003cem>absolutely horrible\u003c/em> their mother is for grounding them or taking away phone privileges or whatever. These whiners obviously haven't seen \u003cem>Carrie\u003c/em> yet, a movie that makes most mothers look as gentle as \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A276_8XeLgE\">Dumbo's mom\u003c/a>. Margaret White has a lot of opinions on what is suitable behavior for her daughter, Carrie. Let's go over some of them: she should never wear red (that's for hell-bound whores), she should only refer to her breasts as \"dirty pillows,\" she should think of pimples as \"the Lord's way of chastising you,\" she should pray and ask forgiveness for her sinful period, she should be cool with getting tea thrown in her face, and she should heed the mantra: \"They're all going to laugh at you!\" It's enough to make anyone become a pyromaniac murderer!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Mary Jones: \u003cem>Precious\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/08/fictional-moms-who-frighten-us-and-ones-we-love/precious_movie_trailer/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4551\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4551\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/Precious_Movie_Trailer.gif\" alt=\"Precious_Movie_Trailer\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there's a degree of campy comedy to Joan Crawford and Margaret White, there's nothing funny about Mary Jones (\u003ca href=\"http://www.bontheball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/monique1.gif\">except maybe this genius\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://www.bontheball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/monique1.gif\"> creation\u003c/a>). Not only does she facilitate her daughter's sexual abuse, Mary also mentally abuses her and tries to drop a television on her head. The only capable person to negotiate a train wreck like that is a social worker played by \u003ca href=\"http://i26.tinypic.com/ngse11.jpg\">Mariah Carey\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Betty Draper: \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 398px\">\u003ca href=\"http://sonainthecity.wordpress.com/tag/peggy-olson/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://i42.tinypic.com/2uizvrl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"240\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://sonainthecity.wordpress.com/tag/peggy-olson/\">Sonainthecity\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Remember that time when you were a real brat during your puberty era? Well, Betty Draper seems to have gotten stuck there. She's petulant, self-involved, and never satisfied, all characteristics that keep her from being a good mother. Like when Sally showed up \u003ca href=\"http://cdn2.mamapop.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sally-draper-bag.gif\">wearing a plastic dry cleaning bag over her head\u003c/a> and Betty warned that the clothes better not be in a pile somewhere. Or when she told Bobby to go bang his head against a wall after he said he was bored. Or when she dragged Sally into a closet and locked her inside (\"You're hurting me!\" \"Good!\"). You get the picture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">THE BELOVED\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Clair Huxtable: \u003cem>The Cosby Show\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/08/fictional-moms-who-frighten-us-and-ones-we-love/tumblr_inline_mz6ir0snvo1qas84s/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12095\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/tumblr_inline_mz6ir0sNVo1qas84s.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_inline_mz6ir0sNVo1qas84s\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12095\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Beyonce had the trademark on being perfect, it was all Clair Huxtable, a tough, yet elegant lawyer and mother of five children. While Bill Cosby believes he holds the power in the household, it's usually Clair who gets to the bottom of things with \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq7cwep65EY\">a lecture about why you can't just run off to Baltimore without permission\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpEj00g9CyE\">a perfect lesson on feminism\u003c/a> (if you only click on one link for the rest of your life, let it be this one).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Molly Weasley: \u003cem>Harry Potter\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://iminlovewithamuggle.tumblr.com/post/40699505790\">\u003cimg src=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/72c532b114ca76b06d55fc4128548f29/tumblr_mgqig5SH8f1r0wg85o1_500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"208\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://iminlovewithamuggle.tumblr.com/post/40699505790\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The epitome of a mother hen, Molly Weasley is an encouraging, doting mother, who loves to make everyone feel at ease, despite, you know, the world possibly ending and everyone dropping dead and all of that jazz. But that doesn't mean she's just a domestic goddess; she will kill your ass if you threaten one of her children (see animated gif above).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Lorelai Gilmore: \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://aslongasyouremine.tumblr.com/post/45045087163\">\u003cimg src=\"http://25.media.tumblr.com/ef69964e218ed9d7c2cb60e04bf4d4ed/tumblr_mjb1fxzS9L1qdvxb9o1_500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://aslongasyouremine.tumblr.com/post/45045087163\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Best fictional mom? Duh. Best fictional TV character ever? Quite possibly! Lorelai Gilmore is an impressive mom for more reasons than I can get into at the moment, but here are a few:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>named her daughter after herself because a. men do it all the time and b. why not?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>left a life of privilege with a baby in tow at the age of 16 and worked her way up from a maid at an inn to running the joint.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>put aside her pride and made a deal with her estranged parents to send her daughter to a good prep school.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>provided a sanctuary away from a scary religious Korean mother for her daughter's best friend.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1kcyfK53F1qzzgmo.gif\">sang \"Wind Beneath My Wings\" by Bette Middler\u003c/a> instead of getting upset after finding out her underage daughter attended a kegger and was the cause of severe property damage.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>did not kill her daughter when she dropped out of college and stole a boat.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>But the best way to sum up the greatness of Lorelai Gilmore (apart from rewatching the entire series every year which I totally do) is through her daughter's valedictorian speech (grab a tissue!):\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfCYKe5SxQE\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003c/h2>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Queen Mother: \u003cem>Alien\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.icantbelieveitsalawblog.com/post/49798293628/based-on-this-promo-scene-alone-you-would-have\">\u003cimg src=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/a946d6feea2865427e5cfac67b6dfb5d/tumblr_mk9vij5q8V1qcga5ro1_500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.icantbelieveitsalawblog.com/post/49798293628/based-on-this-promo-scene-alone-you-would-have\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Take Molly Weasley's protective vibe and multiply it by 7000 (plus buckets of slime saliva) and you get the Queen Mother from \u003cem>Alien\u003c/em>. Sure, she's frightening and monstrous and mutilates everyone who crosses her path, but she has her reasons! They pose a risk to her babies and she is not having any of that. No one said being maternal was always pretty.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Lucille Bluth: \u003cem>Arrested Development\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.vulture.com/2013/03/arrested-development-jessica-walter-talks-about-5-classic-lucille-bluth-gifs.html\">\u003cimg src=\"http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/vulture/2013/03/07/07-lucille-thirsty.o.jpg/a_560x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"279\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.vulture.com/2013/03/arrested-development-jessica-walter-talks-about-5-classic-lucille-bluth-gifs.html\">Vulture\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sure, she has \u003ca href=\"http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc2i5ocjDe1qhr84co1_500.gif\">a pill problem\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m04cy5VQYF1qzlvmi.gif\">drinks before most people wake up in the morning\u003c/a> and is real about \u003ca href=\"http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/arrested-development-season1-epsidoe-1-pilot-lucille-2.gif\">not particularly liking some of her children\u003c/a>, but somehow all of that doesn't keep us from falling in love with Lucille every time she's on screen. Maybe she's not one to help you with your geometry homework or pack you a healthy, well-balanced lunch, but you should really be doing that for yourself anyway. \u003ca href=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltpe9854My1qf6r53o1_500.gif\">Cheers and winks\u003c/a> to this wonderful woman!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there you have it, ladies and gentleman! Which fictional moms would make your list? And when are you going to call your mom? (Answer: right now).\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"In honor of Mothers' Day, here's a look at the most frightening and the most beloved fictional mothers in the history of forever.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1399829529,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":17,"wordCount":1174},"headData":{"title":"The Most Beloved and Frightening Fictional Moms | KQED","description":"In honor of Mothers' Day, here's a look at the most frightening and the most beloved fictional mothers in the history of forever.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"The Most Beloved and Frightening Fictional Moms","datePublished":"2013-05-08T17:35:58.000Z","dateModified":"2014-05-11T17:32:09.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"4541 http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/?p=4541","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/08/fictional-moms-who-frighten-us-and-ones-we-love/","disqusTitle":"The Most Beloved and Frightening Fictional Moms","path":"/pop/4541/fictional-moms-who-frighten-us-and-ones-we-love","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/08/fictional-moms-who-frighten-us-and-ones-we-love/moms/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4562\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4562\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/moms.jpg\" alt=\"moms\" width=\"500\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/moms.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/moms-400x307.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mothers' Day is right around the corner, a day about finally remembering to return your mom's phone calls and crafting bad macaroni art that expresses your appreciation for her. It's also a day to remember those other women that helped mold you into the dazzling creature you have become. No, I'm not talking about your first grade teacher or your great grandmother (although I'm sure they're really spectacular women); I'm talking about those fictional moms that made an impact through television or movies, the ones that you sometimes wished were your mom and the ones that made you thankful for your own. Here are the most frightening and most beloved fictional mothers in the history of forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">THE FRIGHTENING\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Joan Crawford: \u003cem>Mommie Dearest\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://fromthemotionpicture.tumblr.com/post/49469238690\">\u003cimg src=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/a43f4285035cd43c23f2c8754124d58e/tumblr_mm71voymc11r1ult6o1_400.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://fromthemotionpicture.tumblr.com/post/49469238690\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Joan Crawford isn't technically a fictional character, but there is some dispute over how accurate her daughter's depiction of her is so I say it counts (also, why would we forgo any opportunity to talk about Joan Crawford?). So we all know that Joan is \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNn0lpwhoU4\">not a huge fan of wire hangers\u003c/a>(who is really?), but that's the least of it. Crawford also ties her son to his bed, says \"I'd rather you go bald to school than looking like a tramp!\" while cutting off her daughter's hair, says \"YOU LOVE TO MAKE ME HIT YOU!\" while slapping her daughter in front of a reporter, forces her daughter to stay at the dinner table overnight until she finishes her undercooked steak, and then leaves them both out of her will. Way harsh, Tai.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Margaret White: \u003cem>Carrie\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ofallbadthings.tumblr.com/post/28501459084\">\u003cimg src=\"http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdjp4xzMiO1r0m8k0.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://ofallbadthings.tumblr.com/post/28501459084\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some teens lock themselves in their rooms and write bad poetry about how \u003cem>absolutely horrible\u003c/em> their mother is for grounding them or taking away phone privileges or whatever. These whiners obviously haven't seen \u003cem>Carrie\u003c/em> yet, a movie that makes most mothers look as gentle as \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A276_8XeLgE\">Dumbo's mom\u003c/a>. Margaret White has a lot of opinions on what is suitable behavior for her daughter, Carrie. Let's go over some of them: she should never wear red (that's for hell-bound whores), she should only refer to her breasts as \"dirty pillows,\" she should think of pimples as \"the Lord's way of chastising you,\" she should pray and ask forgiveness for her sinful period, she should be cool with getting tea thrown in her face, and she should heed the mantra: \"They're all going to laugh at you!\" It's enough to make anyone become a pyromaniac murderer!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Mary Jones: \u003cem>Precious\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/08/fictional-moms-who-frighten-us-and-ones-we-love/precious_movie_trailer/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4551\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4551\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/Precious_Movie_Trailer.gif\" alt=\"Precious_Movie_Trailer\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there's a degree of campy comedy to Joan Crawford and Margaret White, there's nothing funny about Mary Jones (\u003ca href=\"http://www.bontheball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/monique1.gif\">except maybe this genius\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://www.bontheball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/monique1.gif\"> creation\u003c/a>). Not only does she facilitate her daughter's sexual abuse, Mary also mentally abuses her and tries to drop a television on her head. The only capable person to negotiate a train wreck like that is a social worker played by \u003ca href=\"http://i26.tinypic.com/ngse11.jpg\">Mariah Carey\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Betty Draper: \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 398px\">\u003ca href=\"http://sonainthecity.wordpress.com/tag/peggy-olson/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://i42.tinypic.com/2uizvrl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"240\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://sonainthecity.wordpress.com/tag/peggy-olson/\">Sonainthecity\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Remember that time when you were a real brat during your puberty era? Well, Betty Draper seems to have gotten stuck there. She's petulant, self-involved, and never satisfied, all characteristics that keep her from being a good mother. Like when Sally showed up \u003ca href=\"http://cdn2.mamapop.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sally-draper-bag.gif\">wearing a plastic dry cleaning bag over her head\u003c/a> and Betty warned that the clothes better not be in a pile somewhere. Or when she told Bobby to go bang his head against a wall after he said he was bored. Or when she dragged Sally into a closet and locked her inside (\"You're hurting me!\" \"Good!\"). You get the picture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">THE BELOVED\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Clair Huxtable: \u003cem>The Cosby Show\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/08/fictional-moms-who-frighten-us-and-ones-we-love/tumblr_inline_mz6ir0snvo1qas84s/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12095\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/tumblr_inline_mz6ir0sNVo1qas84s.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_inline_mz6ir0sNVo1qas84s\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12095\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Beyonce had the trademark on being perfect, it was all Clair Huxtable, a tough, yet elegant lawyer and mother of five children. While Bill Cosby believes he holds the power in the household, it's usually Clair who gets to the bottom of things with \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq7cwep65EY\">a lecture about why you can't just run off to Baltimore without permission\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpEj00g9CyE\">a perfect lesson on feminism\u003c/a> (if you only click on one link for the rest of your life, let it be this one).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Molly Weasley: \u003cem>Harry Potter\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://iminlovewithamuggle.tumblr.com/post/40699505790\">\u003cimg src=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/72c532b114ca76b06d55fc4128548f29/tumblr_mgqig5SH8f1r0wg85o1_500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"208\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://iminlovewithamuggle.tumblr.com/post/40699505790\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The epitome of a mother hen, Molly Weasley is an encouraging, doting mother, who loves to make everyone feel at ease, despite, you know, the world possibly ending and everyone dropping dead and all of that jazz. But that doesn't mean she's just a domestic goddess; she will kill your ass if you threaten one of her children (see animated gif above).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Lorelai Gilmore: \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://aslongasyouremine.tumblr.com/post/45045087163\">\u003cimg src=\"http://25.media.tumblr.com/ef69964e218ed9d7c2cb60e04bf4d4ed/tumblr_mjb1fxzS9L1qdvxb9o1_500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://aslongasyouremine.tumblr.com/post/45045087163\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Best fictional mom? Duh. Best fictional TV character ever? Quite possibly! Lorelai Gilmore is an impressive mom for more reasons than I can get into at the moment, but here are a few:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>named her daughter after herself because a. men do it all the time and b. why not?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>left a life of privilege with a baby in tow at the age of 16 and worked her way up from a maid at an inn to running the joint.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>put aside her pride and made a deal with her estranged parents to send her daughter to a good prep school.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>provided a sanctuary away from a scary religious Korean mother for her daughter's best friend.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1kcyfK53F1qzzgmo.gif\">sang \"Wind Beneath My Wings\" by Bette Middler\u003c/a> instead of getting upset after finding out her underage daughter attended a kegger and was the cause of severe property damage.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>did not kill her daughter when she dropped out of college and stole a boat.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>But the best way to sum up the greatness of Lorelai Gilmore (apart from rewatching the entire series every year which I totally do) is through her daughter's valedictorian speech (grab a tissue!):\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/JfCYKe5SxQE'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/JfCYKe5SxQE'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003c/h2>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Queen Mother: \u003cem>Alien\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.icantbelieveitsalawblog.com/post/49798293628/based-on-this-promo-scene-alone-you-would-have\">\u003cimg src=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/a946d6feea2865427e5cfac67b6dfb5d/tumblr_mk9vij5q8V1qcga5ro1_500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.icantbelieveitsalawblog.com/post/49798293628/based-on-this-promo-scene-alone-you-would-have\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Take Molly Weasley's protective vibe and multiply it by 7000 (plus buckets of slime saliva) and you get the Queen Mother from \u003cem>Alien\u003c/em>. Sure, she's frightening and monstrous and mutilates everyone who crosses her path, but she has her reasons! They pose a risk to her babies and she is not having any of that. No one said being maternal was always pretty.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Lucille Bluth: \u003cem>Arrested Development\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.vulture.com/2013/03/arrested-development-jessica-walter-talks-about-5-classic-lucille-bluth-gifs.html\">\u003cimg src=\"http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/vulture/2013/03/07/07-lucille-thirsty.o.jpg/a_560x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"279\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.vulture.com/2013/03/arrested-development-jessica-walter-talks-about-5-classic-lucille-bluth-gifs.html\">Vulture\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sure, she has \u003ca href=\"http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc2i5ocjDe1qhr84co1_500.gif\">a pill problem\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m04cy5VQYF1qzlvmi.gif\">drinks before most people wake up in the morning\u003c/a> and is real about \u003ca href=\"http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/arrested-development-season1-epsidoe-1-pilot-lucille-2.gif\">not particularly liking some of her children\u003c/a>, but somehow all of that doesn't keep us from falling in love with Lucille every time she's on screen. Maybe she's not one to help you with your geometry homework or pack you a healthy, well-balanced lunch, but you should really be doing that for yourself anyway. \u003ca href=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltpe9854My1qf6r53o1_500.gif\">Cheers and winks\u003c/a> to this wonderful woman!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there you have it, ladies and gentleman! Which fictional moms would make your list? And when are you going to call your mom? 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