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all politics became reproductive politics, from welfare reform to foreclosure to Trump by Laura Briggs.

Today all politics are reproductive politics, argues feminist critic Laura Briggs.

From longer work hours to the election of Donald Trump.

Households are where we face our economic realities as social safety nets get cut and wages decline.

Briggs outlines how politicians racist accounts of reproduction.

Stories of Black Welfare Queens and Latina breeding machines lay the groundwork for government and business disinvestment in families.

With decreasing wages, rising Mac jobs, and no resources for family care,

our households have grown ever more precarious.

This crisis, argues Briggs, fuels all others, from immigration to gay marriage and anti-feminism to the rise of the Tea Party.

How all politics became reproductive politics.

From welfare reform to foreclosure to Trump by Laura Briggs.

Out now from University, Rhode Island.

Exciting, terrifying times.

Trump has threatened to destroy North Korea and Hillary Clinton is on a book tour. My guest today is

Eve Pizer, a writer and comedian living in New York City. She covers politics for

vice and we're going to talk about it all.

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