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Podcast: New Books in Medicine
Episode: B. L. Johnson and M. M. Quinlan, "Youâre Doing it Wrong!âŻMothering, Media and Medical Expertise" (Rutgers UP, 2019)
Description: New mothers face a barrage of confounding decisions during the life-cycle of early motherhood which includes... Should they change their diet or mindset to conceive? Exercise while pregnant? Should they opt for a home birth or head for a hospital?Whatever they âchoose,â they will be sure to find plenty of medical expertise from health practitioners to social media âinfluencersâ telling them that theyâre making a series of mistakes. As intersectional feminists with two small children each, Bethany L. Johnson and Margaret M. Quinlan draw from their own experiences as well as stories from a range of caretak...