GETTING CURIOUS | How Has White Supremacy F*cked With Reproductive Justice? with Professor Jacki Antonovich

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

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🗓️ 13 July 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Well, here we are. Roe v. Wade has been overturned, and it’s more urgent than ever to rally for reproductive rights across the country—and understand how we got to this point. This week, Professor Jacki Antonovich joins Jonathan to explore the history of abortion care and forced sterilization in the US, how white supremacy has shaped reproductive politics, and why Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman isn’t the historical fiction we may think it is. CW: This episode includes descriptions of bodily harm and discussion of racist ideologies. Jacqueline Antonovich is an Assistant Professor of History at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. She is the author of the article, “White Coats, White Hoods: The Medical Politics of the Ku Klux Klan in 1920s America,” and she is currently working on a book on the history of women physicians and medical imperialism in the American West. Jacqueline is the creator and co-founder of Nursing Clio, a collaborative blog project that examines the historical roots of present-day issues surrounding gender, health, and medicine. Make sure to follow Professor Antonovich on Twitter @jackiantonovich and Nursing Clio on Twitter @NursingClio and at nursingclio.org. Looking for further reading? Here are some books Professor Antonovich recommends: Killing the Black Body by Dr. Dorothy Roberts Medical Bondage by Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens Medicalizing Blackness by Dr. Rana A. Hogarth Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @CuriousWithJVN to join the conversation, and find resources in light of the SCOTUS decision. Jonathan is on Instagram and Twitter @JVN and @Jonathan.Vanness on Facebook. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Love listening to Getting Curious? Now, you can also watch Getting Curious—on Netflix! Head to netflix.com/gettingcurious to dive in. Our executive producer is Erica Getto. Our associate producer is Zahra Crim. Our editor is Andrew Carson. Our socials are run and curated by Middle Seat Digital. Our theme music is “Freak” by QUIÑ; for more, head to TheQuinCat.com. Getting Curious merch is available on PodSwag.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Getting Curious. I'm Jonathan Van Ness and every week I get to sit down for an incredible conversation
0:06.4	with a brilliant expert to learn all about something that makes me curious. On today's episode,
0:12.1	I'm joined by Dr. Jackie Antonovich, where I ask her,
0:16.0	what's the history of reproductive health care in the United States?
0:20.0	And before we dive in, I just want to say something really quickly.
0:24.0	This was one of the most eye-opening episodes of Getting Curious
0:28.0	I have ever recorded.
0:29.0	I learned so much.
0:31.0	If you were ever going to share an episode of getting curious to someone, and if you
0:34.5	were ever going to get passionate about a particular topic, this was one for me that really
0:38.7	blew my mind. So let's dive in. Welcome to Getting Curious, this is Jonathan Van Ness.
0:45.0	This is a really important episode and we're really excited to put it together.
0:48.0	We're going to jump right in.
0:50.0	Welcome to the show Professor Jacqueline Antonovich, who is a historian of health and medicine in the US at
0:57.8	Muhlenburg College with particular interests in how race, gender, and politics
1:03.0	shape the medical field and access to health care.
1:06.0	She is also the co-founder of Nursing Cleo
1:09.0	and Open Access peer-reviewed Collaborative blog project that ties historical scholarship to present-day issues
1:16.5	related to gender and medicine. Welcome to getting curious, Jacqueline, how are you?
1:20.8	Oh, well, thank you for having me. I'm doing okay. How are you?
1:24.3	Really good, thank you. Not that you asked and nor did anyone, but I will just say I did a
1:29.5	rearing good, like a way above average eighth grade biography of Jacqueline Bouvet Kennedy
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