motherhood

The teaser's promise that "Mother Earth is expecting" uses the language of birth, playing into the franchise's ongoing themes about motherhood.

In more recent years, rising housing and child-rearing costs as well as workplace pressures forcing women to choose between motherhood and their careers have driven the figure down even further.

There was no room in this vision for marriage or motherhood.

That same charm is on full display in her special “Seasoned Professional,” released in February, which seamlessly ties tender musings on motherhood to cautionary tales from the lactose intolerant.

With this time granted by Death, Agatha melds her two primal instincts –– motherhood and survival.