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candidlycaitlyn_mph's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
5.0
ashkitty93's review against another edition
4.0
A searing look at the fight for reproductive justice. This would be an excellent precursor to Michelle Alexander's THE NEW JIM CROW. It reinforced what I've been learning as I've been studying various current issues: that is, if we are not intersectional, we're not doing it right. All of these systems are connected.
Narrated nicely by Shayna Small.
Narrated nicely by Shayna Small.
rachelwalexander's review against another edition
5.0
Should be absolutely required reading for everyone, especially white repro rights folks, in the wake of the Roe overturn.
lunabbly's review against another edition
5.0
Highly recommend reading -- learned so much about reproductive justice and how the health care system, government, and academic institutions that supported eugenicists and other white supremacists have shaped the way we view reproductive health care, in particular for Black women.
I know there is probably so much more to update on since this book was published in 1997, but as a young(er) advocate in the reproductive justice space, this book was insightful and provided so much historical, social, cultural, and political context to the repro justice landscape today.
I know there is probably so much more to update on since this book was published in 1997, but as a young(er) advocate in the reproductive justice space, this book was insightful and provided so much historical, social, cultural, and political context to the repro justice landscape today.
biancam513's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
3.0
very informative but hard to get through because of the amount of information
mercenator's review against another edition
5.0
This was excellent and really opened up my views on some of the issues around reproduction and sterilization. I loved the perspective moving from historical facts to modern day laws and biases.
adrianlarose's review against another edition
5.0
Accessible in depth explanation of how a liberal negative rights (vs. positive state supported rights) approach to reproduction policy harms black women. Takes us from forced slave child bearing to court enforced birth control or state policy that makes obtaining a safe abortion all but impossible. Can there be anything more personal, with such broad consequences?