
Meet the Bàrd - Melissa Hogenboom and Anna Whitehouse in conversation with Anna Whitwham
Thu, Sep 04
|London
Motherhood's a bitch...


Time & Location
Sep 04, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
London, 341-343 Roman Rd, Bow, London E3 5QR, UK
Guests
About the event
Melissa Hogenboom is an award-winning science journalist, filmmaker and editor at the BBC. She makes and commissions films and writes articles on a range of topics including psychology, neuroscience, human evolution and health. She is currently a health correspondent and commissioning executive at BBC Studios. Her journalism has been recognised by multiple awards, including the Webby Awards, Drum Awards, AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards, Telly Awards and Association of British Science Writers Awards. She is a New America fellow and the author of two books, The Motherhood Complex and Breadwinners.
Why do women who outearn their male partners still tend to do more housework and childcare? Why are unemployed men generally happier if their female partners are also unemployed? Why is unpaid labour still seen as a less important contribution than paid work within family units? In BREADWINNERS, award-winning science journalist Melissa Hogenboom interviews dozens of female breadwinners, stay-at-home dads an…
Tickets
General Admission
Ticket cost is redeemable against a copy of BREADWINNERS , INFLUENCED, or SOFT TISSUE DAMAGE
£5.00
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