Elinor Cleghorn's big idea: 'Women aren’t the solution to an aging population’

Feminist cultural historian Elinor Cleghorn talks to  Fuller’s Editor-in-Chief Eliza Anyangwe about her latest book, A Woman’s Work, the modern political obsession with "birth rate crises" and how the patriarchal project of pro-natalism continues to target women’s bodies. Chapters: 00:00:00 — What is a "fertility crisis" really? 00:00:44 — Meet Elinor Cleghorn 00:04:02 — The problem with birth rate language 00:06:09 — "Ban the words fertility crisis" 00:08:53 — Motherhood should be freely chosen 00:10:03 — What abortion bans are really about 00:12:15 — Class and tradwife culture 00:16:02 — The stigma of single motherhood 00:18:49 — When will motherhood stop being loaded? 00:19:36 — Surveillance of single mothers 00:21:17 — Johnny Tillman: Welfare is a feminist issue 00:25:00 — Why community is radical 00:28:44 — Conditions, not incentives 00:30:34 — About the book Subscribe to the Fuller Project here: https://www.fullerproject.org/ Credits: Interviewer: Eliza Anyangwe Guest: Elinor Cleghorn Producers: David Roberts and Imriel Morgan Editor: David Roberts Collage: Lara Antal