The Liminal Chrysalis: Imagining Reproduction and Parenting Futures Beyond the Binary [Paperback]

The Liminal Chrysalis: Imagining Reproduction and Parenting Futures Beyond the Binaryis an edited collection that works to identify and deconstruct many of the countless binaries that operate within the realms of parenting and reproduction. Weaving poetry, speculative fiction, and autobiography with interviews, critical analysis, and research, the authors take as their starting place that there is magical potential and possibility in the ambiguous, disorienting spaces of the in-between and the beyond. The collection challenges the constructedness of binaries connected to sex, gender, sexuality, and parenting roles, as well as the cis-, hetero-, repro-, trans-, and amatonormativities which pervasively circulate and inform how we think about parenting and reproductive life. The collection amplifies the voices of non-binary authors among others, and tells stories of menstruation, pregnancy, abortion, assisted reproductive technologies, fertility preservation, parenthood, and activism in the face of violent binaries and reproductive injustices."Popular understandings of pregnancy are so pink-coded. It’s 'pregnant ladies' and 'expectant mothers' and bows and pastels, nesting and glowing. The intersections and overlaps of sexism, cissexism, and heteronormativity surround our understanding of pregnancy, andThe Liminal Chrysalisis not that.The Liminal Chrysalisis a much needed collection that offers a space for pregnancy outside of womanhood, and stories from other places from which to become." —J Wallace Skelton, PhD candidate at OISE, seahorse papa, parent of three

 "This book is a vital contribution to the fields of transgender studies, reproductive health and family therapy. Through academic and creative writing, the readers can glean essential insights about what parenting beyond binaries means. A must read for anyone interested in reproductive justice and family studies." —Alex lã3