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001			on1111972146
003			OCoLC
005			20200901131240.0
008			200124s2020 nyu e b 000 0 eng
010			_a 2020001916
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dOCLCO _dOCLCF _dIZ8 _dJAS _dNFG
020			_a9781541762831 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1541762835
035			_a(OCoLC)1111972146
042			_apcc
043			_an-us---
092			_a306.8743 _bL575
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aLenz, Lyz, _eauthor. _9398326
245	1	0	_aBelabored : _ba vindication of the rights of pregnant women / _cLyz Lenz.
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a2008
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bBold Type Books, _c2020.
300			_axxiii, 210 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aReproductive rights _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPregnant women _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPregnancy _xPolitical aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aHuman reproduction _xPolitical aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aMotherhood _zUnited States. _977750
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c314948 _d314948