On October 12, join in a conversation between scholars and students about the cultural logics that are driving the rapidly transforming landscape of access to abortion and birth control in the United States. How do we understand the new landscape of reproductive rights? What histories of reproductive rights are useful to know?
Scholars Lisa Harris (Obstetrics and Gynecology; American Studies PhD), Ava Purkiss (Women’s and Gender Studies; American Culture), Ruby Tapia (Women’s and Gender Studies) and SaraEllen Strongman (Afroamerican and African Studies) with moderator Angela Dillard (Afroamerican and African Studies; Residential College; History) will engage students in a conversation about choice and power and justice.
High Stakes Culture: How Do We Understand Abortion, Control, and Reproductive Justice?
October 12, 2022, 5:30-7pm
Michigan League, Vandenberg Room (second floor), 911 N. University
About the series: High Stakes Culture explores the ongoing “culture wars” and recent cultural flashpoints igniting across the country. Activists from all points of the political spectrum are turning to beloved cultural objects to stake a claim for their differing beliefs. The foundations of public education are being questioned as books are banned and Critical Race Theory is challenged. States are passing laws that attempt to ban or criminalize medical treatment for trans teens and children. And a landmark abortion ruling has spurred national conversations about reproductive justice.
High Stakes Culture is presented by the Institute for the Humanities and the Humanities Collaboratory to bring humanities perspectives to bear on compelling issues in the culture now. Join us as we ask: How and why does culture matter so much? What is at stake in the ways we understand culture and cultural conflict?