Theorizing pregnancy- surveillance and response

I attended a lecture while I was abroad in Melbourne about fetal politics, with the main thesis of the talk being that increased surveillance of pregnancy via ultrasound and via policing of pregnant women’s behaviors have priviliged the fetus over the mother.
Ultrasounds are now taken not only for medical purposes, but frequently also [...]

Happy Mother’s Day

So, obviously, I can’t let this opportunity to blog about mothers on Mother’s Day go by unanswered. With a little bit of research today, I have learned that “Mother’s Day” started in Ancient Greece as a day to worship Rhea, the Mother of the Gods. But the more direct link to the Mother’s [...]

Pregnant Congresswoman

This month, Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash) will become only the fifth Congresswoman ever to give birth while in office.