5 Comments
May 14Liked by ev (she/they)

I'd never heard of the term social reproduction before! I really appreciate it as a way of thinking about nurturing, joy, and resistance.

Looking at the Wikipedia, I'm a little surprised at how many different sort of denotations there are for it. Where did you first find it?

Expand full comment
author

i first came upon it in an essay in "transgender marxism" (i have a copy if you want to borrow!) but i think i trans-ed it a bit more than they did by focusing on joy as nurturance rather than the purely economic

Expand full comment

What would make a good gender-neutral term for "mother"? Care giver? Nurser? Nurturer?

Expand full comment
author

hmm this is a tough choice. i think "nurturer" probably fits best with the way i've been thinking of it but i am totally open to other ideas too!

Expand full comment

I love Big Freedia!! I’m so glad you included that song in your post. Also, sending you hugs.

Expand full comment