#10 USA

In this episode we will talk about abortion rights and political
protest in the United States and about films and series. Our guests
is Gretchen Sisson, a qualitative sociologist whose research
focuses on social constructions of parenthood, specifically
examining teen pregnancy and young parenthood, infertility and
assisted reproductive technologies, and adoption and birth
motherhood. Her current research focuses on representations of
abortion and reproductive decision-making in popular culture,
including film and television. She is working in the collaborative
research group “Advancing New Standards in Reproductive” at the
University of California in San Francisco. Also with us is the New
York City based film critic and journalist Marietta Steinhart. She
is a member of the network DEINE KORRESPONDENTIN. “DIRTY DANCING
remains a favorite film in 1987 and it’s funny that people forget
that the movie is about abortion. The characters have no other
motivation driving forward than helping someone to get an abortion.
The whole reason why BABY is going to dance is to recover for PENNY
so that she can get an abortion.”