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Welcome to First the Egg, a collection of practical information, links, and cultural criticism. This site is a feminist intervention in our rigidly-gendered culture of childbirth and parenting. It aims to provide a nonsexist space for people who want to learn, reflect, commiserate, or laugh about being pregnant, giving birth, and helping children grow up whole and happy.
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a bit of beauty: mother/child sculptures
Franta Belsky, Joyride (1958): photo by flickr user anemoneprojectors
Henry Moore, Draped Reclining Mother and Baby (1983): photo by flickr user Sebastian Crump
"Draped Reclining Mother and Baby" detail (same sculptor/photographer)
Mother and Daughter, Needham Market, Suffolk: photo by flickr user howzey
Toulouse Park statue: photo by flickr user Juraj Kubica