"Cry When the Baby Cries" and Other Celebrations of Unhinged Mothering
In this deeply honest conversation, Dr. Jennifer Reid speaks with cartoonist and author, Becky Barnicoat, about her graphic memoir, Cry When the Baby Cries, inspired by a massively popular cartoon she created for The New Yorker. Together they explore the messy, beautiful, and often isolating experience of modern motherhood—from IVF struggles and miscarriage to postpartum transformations and the bittersweet joy of watching children grow and change.
On Drawing Her Graphic Memoir
"The drawings that I did sort of started to kind of suggest a kind of wild, maybe slightly unhinged mother home alone…
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