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Weather and the Whale: The Impossibilities of (Cetacean) Mothering
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October 11, 2026 at Local Economy in Oakland, CA
Join curators and scholars Alexandra Moore and LuLing Osofsky for a conversation on their contributions to The Weather and the Whale, exploring motherhood, grief, and care in the midst of climate catastrophe.
How do we caretake and grieve in a time of climate catastrophe? In this event, Alex and LuLing will explore the double binds of motherhood, and particularly the mother-child unit as both a site of life and a site of vulnerability to death, historically and in the present, for humans and whales. We take motherhood to include all forms of raising young lives, including non-biological primary care relations and the work of whale mothering. We ask what it would mean to understand a whale mother’s displays of grief and distress as demands for action, and whether, in doing so, we may take mothering as the basis for multispecies political solidarity.
Alex and LuLing will read excerpts from their recently published essay and be joined in conversation by filmmaker and researcher (and Local Economy member!) Alix Blair Darling. Books for sale at the event in partnership with East Bay Booksellers.
Date:
October 11, 2026
Time:
2:00 PM
3:30 PM
Event website: https://luma.com/x395v82q
Event type:
Sales and Shopping
Originally posted to:
Rockridge District Association Events Calendar
Local Economy is a small, flexible community space on the College Avenue stretch of Rockridge, a few doors from East Bay Booksellers. It looks and feels like a bright neighborhood storefront set up for people to gather rather than a traditional venue. Inside, most things are organized around a long central table where talks, workshops, book clubs and game sessions all happen in close quarters. more...
