Not only that: any woman not willing to sacrifice all the other love in her life for the love of her child is unnatural, an aberration and the ultimate taboo: a bad mother. Anna Cazenave Cambet's ...

Selfhood can feel starkly divided between before children and after, and in my experience, when we lose touch with the “before,” we can feel fractured, empty and alone. But if early motherhood ...

Children become extensions of their parents ... depression, doubt about our selfhood, or as anxiety, fear, or instability as we depend on others to feel grounded and cohesive.

Q: Vauhini, your new book “Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age” takes an intriguing look at how our sense of identity is shaped by digital technologies. What inspired you to write this book?