Reproductive Justice & Complicating Acts of Advocacy w/ Shui-yin Sharon Yam (E95)

This is a conversation with Shui-yin Sharon Yam (her 2nd time on the podcast) largely around a paper that she wrote called "Complicating Acts of Advocacy: Tactics in the Birthing Room".She is Associate Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies, and a faculty affiliate of Gender and Women's Studies and the Center for Equality and Social Justice at the University of Kentucky. She is one of the series editors for the Ohio State University Press's New Directions in Rhetoric and Materiality.Topics Discussed:Rhetorical Analysis, Reproductive Justice and Doulas: Intro to each and the links between themThree pillars of Reproductive Freedom and global implicationsRhetoric of Health and Medicine: intro and explanationTechnocratic model of birth: intro and explanationWhat makes some stories 'untellable'?The pitfalls of the 'self-made moms' rhetoricRhetoric and the antivaxx movementResources Mentioned: Romper's Doula Diaries on YouTube"Rhetorical Appeals and Tactics in New York Times Comments About Vaccines: Qualitative Analysis"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33275110/"Using Rhetorical Situations to Examine and Improve Vaccination Communication" https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2021.697383/full#h4Vaccine Rhetorics https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814214336.htmlRecommended Books:Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth by Dána-Ain DavisWe Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood by Dani McClainTrans Medicine: The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender by Stef M. Shuster