The Resource Belabored : a vindication of the rights of pregnant women, Lyz Lenz
Belabored : a vindication of the rights of pregnant women, Lyz Lenz
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- Summary
- "The U.S. has the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world, a rate that is increasing, even as infant mortality rates decrease. Meanwhile, the right-wing assault on reproductive rights and bodily autonomy has also escalated. We can already glimpse a reality where embryos and fetuses have more rights than the people gestating them, and even women who aren't pregnant are seen first and foremost as potential incubators. In Belabored, journalist Lyz Lenz lays bare the misogynistic logic of U.S. cultural narratives about pregnancy, tracing them back to our murky, potent cultural soup of myths, from the religious to the historical. In the present she details, with her trademark blend of wit, snark, and raw intimacy, how sexist assumptions inform our expectations for pregnant people, whether we're policing them, asking them to make sacrifices with dubious or disproven benefits, or putting them up on a pedestal in an "Earth mother" role. Throughout, she reflects on her own experiences of being seen as alternately a vessel or a goddess--but hardly ever as herself--while carrying each of her two children. Belabored is an urgent call for us to embrace new narratives around pregnancy and the choice whether or not to have children, emphasizing wholeness and agency, and to reflect those values in our laws, medicine, and interactions with each other"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxiii, 210 pages
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Isbn
- 9781541762831
- Label
- Belabored : a vindication of the rights of pregnant women
- Title
- Belabored
- Title remainder
- a vindication of the rights of pregnant women
- Statement of responsibility
- Lyz Lenz
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The U.S. has the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world, a rate that is increasing, even as infant mortality rates decrease. Meanwhile, the right-wing assault on reproductive rights and bodily autonomy has also escalated. We can already glimpse a reality where embryos and fetuses have more rights than the people gestating them, and even women who aren't pregnant are seen first and foremost as potential incubators. In Belabored, journalist Lyz Lenz lays bare the misogynistic logic of U.S. cultural narratives about pregnancy, tracing them back to our murky, potent cultural soup of myths, from the religious to the historical. In the present she details, with her trademark blend of wit, snark, and raw intimacy, how sexist assumptions inform our expectations for pregnant people, whether we're policing them, asking them to make sacrifices with dubious or disproven benefits, or putting them up on a pedestal in an "Earth mother" role. Throughout, she reflects on her own experiences of being seen as alternately a vessel or a goddess--but hardly ever as herself--while carrying each of her two children. Belabored is an urgent call for us to embrace new narratives around pregnancy and the choice whether or not to have children, emphasizing wholeness and agency, and to reflect those values in our laws, medicine, and interactions with each other"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lenz, Lyz
- Dewey number
- 306.874/30973
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HQ766.5.U5
- LC item number
- L46 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Reproductive rights
- Pregnant women
- Pregnancy
- Human reproduction
- Motherhood
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Belabored : a vindication of the rights of pregnant women, Lyz Lenz
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1111972146
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxiii, 210 pages
- Isbn
- 9781541762831
- Lccn
- 2020001916
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1111972146
- Label
- Belabored : a vindication of the rights of pregnant women, Lyz Lenz
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1111972146
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxiii, 210 pages
- Isbn
- 9781541762831
- Lccn
- 2020001916
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1111972146
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