Drawing attention to images of pregnant bodies without heads, without humanity. Representation matters. #headlesspreggos (run by @arcattapan and @daniiii__m)
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The #headlesspreggo is a trope that needs to go. The "bump" is not a problem on its own, but when used as the primary visual representation of reproduction, we dehumanize pregnant people by reducing them to a single body part.
Yes! A tremendous initiative that deserves to be celebrated! But it would be great if empowering work could be accompanied empowering images (and not a by disembodied torso). #headlesspreggos
Two @UofTMedicine graduates are working to improving perinatal care for Black birthing people in Canada. #UofT utoronto.ca/news/u-t-grads-c…
Sigh. @guardian as usual -- the idea of a surrogate being little more than a womb is addressed in the article...so why choose a #headlesspreggo for the image? Would have been easy to include her head and still address the intended parents' experience...
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Another #headlesspreggo alert -- this one by @CNN for an important article by @Deedrah
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(Article found by @JenniferMusial -- thanks!)
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This is such a perfect example of a story about reproductive autonomy and lack thereof, but where the image used is a quintessential #headlesspreggo (although the image in the preview is different than images in the article) @HeadlessPreggos
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Finally, our Special Issue is out! "Shifting Surrogacies: Comparative Ethnographies" in the International Journal of Comparative Sociology! With six articles on topics such as 'repronubs', intersectionality, the role of documents, queering reproduction, and genetic kinning 1/n
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This is an example of a terrific photo illustration for a story about abortion — no exam table, no @HeadlessPreggos, no abortion rally signs. It’s thoughtful and creative. I don’t know who at the @StarTribune is responsible for it, but: good job! startribune.com/minnesota-ab…
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A well-needed reminder that there is no need to reduce pregnant people to a headless bump. Going through recent news articles revealed a plethora of #headlesspreggos.
This article from @forbeshealth features useful information about trimesters, but the #headlesspreggo with forgets that there is a person attached to the pregnancy.
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Considering this @WIRED article criticizes that the abortion debate in the US focuses on fetal health (rather than the realities of pregnancy), the use of a #headlesspreggo is disappointing.
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A tour of a few #headlesspreggos from the week -- and a reminder that there are ways to depict pregnancy and #repro that don't reduce pregnant people to a single body part...
Do we need to comment on this #headlesspreggo? What about this headline from @CNNnews18 ? What are the flowers for?
Meditation and water? How about a world that doesn't reduce pregnant people to the caretakers of fetuses and children alone?
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This article on @local4news reports on research out of @UMich by @JDMeekerUM on increased exposure to chemicals in pregnant women, including those with low incomes and POC. No need for the article to depict women as just #headlesspreggos...
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We call it a #headlesspreggo over here, and ones used to depict abortion are the worst kind.
