DisCrit mothering: interrogating consequential education for our children’s lives and humanity

In this special issue, a collective of mother-scholar-activists focus on exploring the possibilities for an intersectional critical stance for motherhood. Building on and extending the field of Critical Race Parenting (ParentCrit), we propose a global DisCrit Mothering approach. We draw from Disability Critical Race Theory in Education (DisCrit) and Revolutionary Mothering, to forward DisCrit Mothering as politicized action (as opposed to biological function). Such politicized action is necessarily rooted in defiance and radical love for children dehumanized by intersecting oppressions (i.e., ableism, racism, linguicism, cisheteropatriarchy) in schools. Moreover, we view DisCrit mothering as an interdependent educational praxis that attends to the ways in which many of these intersecting oppression impact mothers themselves, often limiting their capacity to advocate for their children.