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Full Surrogacy Now Feminism Against Family

Sophie Lewis

Where pregnancy is concerned, let every pregnancy be for everyone. Let us overthrow, in short, the “family” The surrogacy industry is estimated to be worth over $1 billion a year, and many of its surrogates around the world work in terrible conditions—deception, wage-stealing and money skimming are...

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The Ezra Klein Show

She noted that the book critiques the nuclear family as a hostage situation and argues for more porous, open family structures.

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I remember that essay by David Brooks... it makes me think of a book on a similar topic by a colleague of mine, Sophie Lewis, which is called Full Surrogacy Now.

— Episode: Best Of: The ‘Quiet Catastrophe’ Brewing...

Episode: Best Of: The ‘Quiet Catastrophe’ Brewing in Our So...

She noted that the book critiques the nuclear family as a hostage situation and argues for more porous, open family structures.

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I remember that essay by David Brooks... it makes me think of a book on a similar topic by a colleague of mine, Sophie Lewis, which is called Full Surrogacy Now.

Episode: The ‘Quiet Catastrophe’ Brewing in Our Social Live...

The book was mentioned as a critique of the nuclear family, describing it as a hostage situation that creates unrealistic expectations and pressures.

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I'm reading a book called Full Surrogacy Now by Sophie Lewis, which talks about the family unit as a hostage situation, that there are certain compulsions and expectations that come with our life as part of a nuclear family unit that are actually impossible to satisfy.

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