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Third Wave Feminism and the Politics of Motherhood

By Mary Thompson»»» Is “third wave feminism” a useful concept for understanding the biopolitics of neoliberalism? This essay critically explores the celebration of reproductive “choice” by self-identified third wave feminists through a consideration of the racial and racist history of the term “breeder,” the title of Lavender and Gore’s 2001 collection of motherhood narratives.