An Update on the Tremendous Work of Motherhood & Tech WG Member George Estreich

Motherhood and Technology Working group member George Estreich, who recently became the Nonfiction Editor at literary magazine AGNI, published “Tlön, Uqbar, ChatGPT” in The Journal of Philosophy and Disability, Vol. 3, 2023.

His essay "Concision: A Sprawl," originally published in AGNI, was chosen by Vivian Gornick for The Best American Essays 2023. 

In February, he was part of a panel at the Associated Writing Programs conference in Kansas City: "Writing and Intellectual Disability: An Inclusive Panel." This panel included both published writers and people with Down syndrome, including his daughter Laura.  

Forthcoming Memoir by Motherhood & Technology Working Group Fellow Emily Bloom

Warm congratulations to Emily Bloom, a Motherhood and Technology Working Group member and Mellon Public Humanities Fellow at Sarah Lawrence University, for her forthcoming book, I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art (St. Martin’s Press, 2024).

Fellow Working Group member Rachel Adams has praised the memoir, saying: “A big-hearted, wise, and beautifully written account of longing for and diving into motherhood, of parenting a child with unexpected challenges, and the technologies that sustain and complicate our lives. I wanted to read on to know what happened next and I did not want it to end.”

Motherhood & Tech WG Member Aya Labanieh Publishes "No Fap: A Cultural History of Anti-Masturbation" in LA Review of Books

Motherhood and Technology Working Group member Aya Labanieh has published a new article in the Los Angeles Review of Books, titled “No Fap: A Cultural History of Anti-Masturbation,” diving into the anxieties around masturbation throughout much of world history up to the present.

Motherhood & Technology WG Fellow to Deliver Public Lecture on the History of Hormones at Sarah Lawrence University

Sarah Lawrence University will host Motherhood and Technology Working Group member Randi Hutter Epstein, MD, MPH, for a lecture (open to the public) on the history of hormones (endocrinology) and the array of actors at play from doctors and parents to hucksters and sleuths. The event is based on Randi Hutter Epstein’s 2018 book Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything.

Scheduled for November 2, 2023, this event is sponsored by the Laura Kirchman Manuelidis '63 Science and Literary Arts Endowment Fund.

Katherine Bergevin's Op. Ed. on Reproductive Freedom in Washington Post

Katherine Bergevin’s May 17, 2023 op. ed., “Like today, 18th-century laws about pregnancy aimed to control women,” was published in the Washington Post.

Motherhood and Technology | Rishi Goyal and Arden Hegele Publication, “Culture and Medicine: Critical Readings in the Health and Medical Humanities”

Congratulations to Rishi Goyal and Arden Hegele, Motherhood and Technology working group co-directors, on the recent publication of their new book, Culture and Medicine: Critical Readings in the Health and Medical Humanities, by Bloomsbury Press!

Working group member Nancy reame contributes to "Changing Practices in ICS - international commercial surrogacy" for the website Surrogacy360.org

Working group member Nancy Reame was an invited contributor to the resource, "Changing Practices in ICS - international commercial surrogacy" for the website Surrogacy360.org,  a collaborative project between the Center for Genetics and Our Bodies, Ourselves Today. Launched in 2016, Surrogacy360 provides unbiased information for the public, independent of industry influence or commercial advertising. 

See link to surrogacy360.org website here

CSSD group member Aya Labanieh publishes an article in 'Journal of Postcolonial Writing'

In December 2022, CSSD group member Aya Labanieh’s article “Can the Subaltern Laugh? Humour, Translatability, and the Inequalities of World Literature” was published in the Journal of Postcolonial Writing

See link to article here [link to external website]