reproductive rights – Monica Cardenas

Reply To: Vulture

My thoughts on a recent interview on Vulture. With things like interracial marriage, or gay marriage, or immigration rights, or any number of things, you can see big opinion shifts in America in the span of a few years or even months sometimes. But it seems like Americans have made their mind up on abortion.Continue reading “Reply To: Vulture”

The Bell Jar

By Sylvia Plath, published 1963 This is an extract from my doctoral thesis, in which I analyze several novels on the theme of fertility rights. In The Bell Jar, Plath sets up a world that is familiar since her protagonist struggles to access contraception. However, unusually, Esther expresses fear of pregnancy and believes her entireContinue reading “The Bell Jar”