Women are many things, not just mums

Mother’s Day, like crinoline and the pay gap and sending your sons off to die in a war, belongs in the past, writes Suzanne Harrington

My daughter and I watch I, Tonya together, so that she will see how lucky she is. Imagine if you had Tonya Harding’s mum, I tell her. Then we go to see Lady Bird, where Saoirse Ronan’s mum provides another, admittedly less horrific reminder of just how much worse things could be.

Is this about Mother’s Day, my daughter says suspiciously. Because you’ll get your bloody card.