Backstreet Abortion Onscreen: Stories of Solitary Struggle and Solidarity
Nymphomaniac II, Happening, and Portrait of a Lady on Fire depict backstreet abortion as either a solitary or collaborative experience among women.
reproductive rights
The Fight for Reproductive Rights in Road Narratives and Comedies
Abortion road narratives and comedies variously expose and destabilize the anti-abortion regime’s misogynist, classist, heterosexist, and racist underpinnings.
‘Conjure Women’ Brings Forth Racism and Reproductive Rights
It is Afia Atakora's reiteration of the current calls for racial justice that positions Conjure Women as an unadulterated masterpiece.
The Joy of Being a Woman: Agnès Varda’s One Sings, the Other Doesn’t
Varda's One Sings, the Other Doesn't is challenging and multi-voiced act of art by and about women; "happiness" in unconventional arrangements its most radical gesture.
Abortion and Difference Feminism in Agnès Varda’s ‘One Sings, the Other Doesn’t’
It is the impossible demand placed on the woman that drives the engine of Agnès Varda's One Sings, the Other Doesn't.
The Long Shadow of Abortionist Inez Brown Burns
Reproductive rights and big city corruption from many years ago come back to haunt us.
Katha Pollitt on Reclaiming Abortion Rights, Rejecting Shame and Renewing America’s Potential
Pollitt’s new book, Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights is both a call to arms and a call for honest reflection.