Surprise! Finally here is our "season finale" from our last season. It's fine to giggle a little. I'm giggling too as I type this. But this final episode is really fun and thought provoking because we discuss two short documentaries. First, we discuss the 9 minute documentary (yes, you read that correctly) Single Mother Only Daughter. Here is the synopsis from directornotes.com: "In Single Mother Only Daughter Hong Kong born, Los Angeles filmmaker Ellie Wen has created a touching documentary exposing her own painfully honest and complex relationship with her mother. The piece is a revealing cathartic emotional journey which we witness unravelling before our eyes. I spoke to Ellie about how the film came into being and how she discovered that exposing her deepest, most agonising memories resulted in powerfully engaged audiences who related deeply to her personal story." Our second documentary is the Academy Award winning Period. End of Sentence. A synopsis from the padproject.org who helped fund this doc: "In 2013, Melissa Berton took a group of her students to the Annual Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations. There they learned about the problem of period poverty and about Arunachalam Muruganantham, who invented a machine that manufactures sanitary pads out of natural, locally-sourced materials at a low cost—just 5 cents per unit.1 His work inspired them to help expand access to menstrual products and menstrual health management education worldwide and to make the documentary Period. End of Sentence." This is a great episode with laughter, serious conversation, and women truly inspiring other women. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. 

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Surprise! Yes, we FINALLY have a new episode to you all. I (Pamela) apologize for being so, so late getting this episode out, but I promise this episode is a great one. We are discussing the documentary, Bethany Hamilton - Unstoppable and it is incredible. Here is the synopsis of the film.  "One of the most accomplished athletes of her generation, Bethany Hamilton, became a surfing wunderkind when she returned to the sport following a devastating shark attack at age 13. As she continues to chase waves, she also now tackles motherhood." Also, sorry for y'all being able to hear me breathe so much on this episode. I promise to be investing in a new microphone soon. This was recorded way back in February and some topics are a little outdated. 

Bethany Hamilton - Unstoppable

Hey listeners! Yes, this is late still (I have a four year old who no longer wants to sleep without me), but so worth a listen! We delve into the world of ballet in First Position.  You can find First Position on Amazon Prime Video here, https://www.amazon.com/First-Position-Bess-Kargman/dp/B008JAG6RE Here is the film's synopsis: "Six young ballet students, all from different backgrounds, prepare for the Youth America Grand Prix, a competition in which dance schools and companies from around the world scout for new talent." We hope you enjoy!

First Position

Hi listeners. This is Pamela and I am leaving you a quick note about why we didn't have a new episode this week. We will have a new episode next Wednesday, April 7 and in my message, I let you know what we are reviewing. (Also, I am whispering because I am trying to get my toddler to nap. You can faintly hear her in the background begging to get up.) Cheers! 

Latest episode update

Hey listeners!  So, this was meant to be a special bonus minisode, but life happened and we made the decision (or me, Pamela did) to release this as our regular episode. We watched the Oprah interview of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. This discussion is from our viewpoints based on what was discussed in the interview. Trigger warning: in the interview there is discussion of depression and suicidal thoughts and we discuss that as well, so if that is possibly triggering for you, please take care.  If you have not watched the interview, please do! We will spoil everything and if you do not want it spoiled, then watch. Here is the link to the interview on CBS.com, https://www.cbs.com/shows/oprah-with-meghan-and-harry-a-cbs-primetime-special/video/i6UW_WTQjLrEeOoObMmlwrFLTTypvuZm/cbs-presents-oprah-with-meghan-and-harry-a-primetime-special/. It is free, so there are ads.  Side note, we drank A LOT of wine! We are very drunk towards the end. I (Pamela) apologize for any laugh-snorting, mispronouncing words (the ro- and ru- words are hard on Southerners!) 

Prince Harry and Meghan Interview

Hey listeners! We have a really fun, interesting episode for y'all. We watched A Century of the Queen Mother: 100 Years in 100 Minutes. Before we give you the synopsis, spoiler alert, a lot of the information discussed relates to the latest season of Netflix's The Crown. Do not listen if you do not want spoilers.  Here is the synopsis from Amazon Prime: "This one-of-a-kind documentary examines her love for her husband and daughters, her support for the institution of monarchy, her animosity towards Mrs. Simpson and Princess Diana and her extravagant lifestyle and love of racing, gardens and fashion." Here is the link to the documentary, Queen Mother.  

A Century of the Queen Mother: 100 Years in 100 Minutes

Hey listeners! Any bookworms or avid spellers out there? Whether you are a stickler for accurate spelling or not, we think you will enjoy the documentary Spellbound. We cover this documentary and give our take on the eight spellers covered in the film. Here is the synopsis of the film from Wikipedia.  Spellbound is a 2002 documentary that was directed by Jeffrey Blitz. The film follows eight competitors in the 1999 Scripps National Spelling Bee. The film received positive reviews and won several awards, including a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spellbound_(2002_film)  Also, stay through the end because Pamela does a little "Where are they now?" update on these kids. 

Spellbound

Hello listeners! In this episode, we review the documentary A Courtship. It was an interesting one! Here is the synopsis off of Amazon Prime.  A documentary about Christian Courtship, an alternative to dating that seeks to ensure purity until marriage. Kelly renounces dating believing that her parents along with God should find her husband. Enter the Wright family who become her spiritual parents. They discover a promising suitor, but when his religious beliefs conflict with theirs, they wonder whether he is the man God has chosen. https://www.amazon.com/Courtship-Kelly-Boggus/dp/B018396PBM

A Courtship

Hey listeners,  We have a quick update for you all. We hope you all are doing well and staying healthy.  Sarah & Pamela

Update

Welcome to our first episode in our new format! We reviewed the HBO documentary, State of Play - Trophy Kids. We hope you enjoy our own insights into over zealous parents and their interest in their children's sports.  Here is the synopsis from HBO's website: State of Play is a cutting-edge documentary series from filmmaker Peter Berg that explores vital themes in society and culture through the unifying lens of sports. Parents are increasingly dedicated to leading their children towards a professional sports career, sacrificing everything for this singular goal. State of Play follows their “trophy kids,” documenting the rigors placed on them by their obsessive parents eager to see them make it. https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/state-of-play-trophy-kids

State of Play - Trophy Kids

Hey everyone! Happy New Year! While we took a longer hiatus than expected, but we are so excited to be back to bring you more Motherhood on Tap! For our first episode back we are getting you all caught up on what has been going on in our lives and updating the exciting changes we have for the show. Enjoy! FYI, we recorded this episode back in November, so some information will be old. 

We're back!!!!

We hope you all are doing well with what is going on in our world now. We have enjoyed bringing you all our thoughts and feelings on motherhood and we want to keep doing that, but right now we need a little bit of a break.  So, Motherhood on Tap will be taking a hiatus as we regroup, rebrand, and refocus on all the things that matter most to us. We feel this will get us in the right mindset to bring you all new and relevant content in the future. This isn’t a goodbye, but talk soon. We plan to relaunch with all new episodes in the fall of this year.  We will be keeping all of our past episodes available for you to listen, share, and review. We hope you all take care, stay healthy, and keep laughing through it all. Talk soon.

Announcement

When we started Motherhood On Tap, we wanted to share our own struggles with parenting, but also understand other mothers out there and what they are facing and how we as a whole, as mothers, can help each other through these struggles. So we decided we would discuss issues that mothers of color face still in today's society. We hope this episode demonstrates how we stand in solidarity with people of color and the BLM movement. Show links: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/news/2012/07/17/11870/giving-a-voice-to-mothers-of-color/ https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/early-childhood/news/2016/08/05/142296/black-families-work-more-earn-less-and-face-difficult-child-care-choices/ https://medium.com/@lilygc/hardship-personified-single-mothers-and-single-mothers-of-color-1d019364f631https://www.parents.com/pregnancy/complications/health-and-safety-issues/black-mothers-and-babies-have-the-worst-birth-outcome/ https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/reports/2019/05/02/469186/eliminating-racial-disparities-maternal-infant-mortality/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1595019/

Issues Mothers of Color Face

As the world continues the various lockdowns for COVID-19, we continue our check-ins through Zoom and tell each other how we are holding up. We are both having some good days and some bad days and we know you all are too. Side note, this episode was recorded several weeks ago before the death of George Floyd and the protests going on. We wanted to make you all aware of our sensitivity to this issue and why we did not post this episode last week. As always, we hope our show brings you some laughs as well as confirmation that we are all in this together.

Quarantine Check-in #2

Hi, mamas. Sarah here. On behalf of Pamela and myself, I am here to say that Motherhood on Tap condemns all forms of racism and violence. We, along with many others in the podcasting community, mourn the loss of all those whose lives have ended as a result of senseless brutality. To show our support for people of color, we are participating in this week’s podcast blackout and will not be posting our regular episode today. Pamela and I are well aware that we are two white women and that we exist within a society where we benefit from the color of our skin. It is likely that a lot of our listeners fit into this demographic as well. It would be easy for us to simply ignore the ongoing racial injustice in our country, but we are choosing to use our platform (and our privilege) to stand in solidarity with people of color. Please take the time that you would have spent listening to this week’s episode to start educating yourself on the systemic racism in the US and how you can be a powerful ally and advocate. There are many educational books and articles available on these topics - I personally just started reading “White Fragility” by Robin Diangelo. If you are able, please also consider donating to organizations that are fighting for equal rights for all people. Let us never forget those who’ve needlessly died, and let us work to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

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