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What's a "Real Mom," Elizabeth Banks?

Social Commentary post by Avital Norman N... on January 23, 2013 - 10:46am; tagged celebrity pregnancy, Elizabeth Banks, motherhood, People.

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Actress Elizabeth Banks inserted her foot far back into the reaches of her mouth recently while discussing motherhood with People magazine. The Hunger Games star shared her thoughts on becoming a mother for the second time after her second son was born last November: "You don’t realize how easy one is until you have two. Now I’m really a mom. Oh, I am a mom now! This is for serious — I am responsible for two people now.”

Well then.

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Daddy Issues: The Unexpected Parenting Insights of What to Expect When You’re Expecting

Movies post by Diane Shipley on December 17, 2012 - 1:03pm; tagged Ben Falcone, Chris Rock, Daddy Issues, dads, Elizabeth Banks, fatherhood, Jennifer Lopez, movies.

Movie poster featuring Elizabeth Banks, Brooklyn Decker, and Cameron Diaz clutching their pregnant bellies, while JLo hugs a copy of the book, What To Expect... When You're Expecting.(Contains spoilers.)

I’d read conflicting accounts of What to Expect When You’re Expecting: while Bitch's own Andi and Kelsey previously pointed out many of its flaws, Bitchflicks called it an “unexpected gem”. Having watched it, I understand the conflicting feminist opinions: the movie's so tonally inconsistent and stuffed full of characters, it’s open to a range of interpretations. There’s a lot to hate about it, from its heteronormativity (gay people and single people have babies too!) to its racial troping (a minor character calls Latino couple Holly and Alex “spicy”; Vic (Chris Rock) and his wife have more children than everyone else, and they’re all named after professional athletes...). A subplot pitting Wendy (Elizabeth Banks) against her younger, more glamorous stepmother Skyler (Brooklyn Decker), who is also pregnant, felt hackneyed: why not subvert the idea that women are all jealous of models by having them support each other, instead?

But the film has some surprisingly realistic moments, especially compared to traditional romantic comedies where pregnancy and labor are portrayed as a breeze. After Rosie (Anna Kendrick) becomes unexpectedly pregnant, she had Marco (Chace Crawford), who she's barely started dating, become a cozy couple. But then she miscarries, is sunk into depression, and their too-much too-soon relationship falls apart; all of which felt surprising and pretty revolutionary for a big-budget (alleged) comedy.

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