Liz Kukura
@lizkukura.bsky.social
feminist law professor @DrexelKline | studies health law, gender, repro justice, maternal health equity, bioethics | passionate about midwifery, birth justice, music, and cheese | she/her
...the harmful chemicals present in hair products marketed as "healthy" and "clean," the exclusion of hair loss treatment from insurance coverage, discriminatory hair pat-downs of Black women by TSA agents at the airport, and so much more...
September 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
...the harmful chemicals present in hair products marketed as "healthy" and "clean," the exclusion of hair loss treatment from insurance coverage, discriminatory hair pat-downs of Black women by TSA agents at the airport, and so much more...
So far, we've learned about the historical construction of white male baldness, hair and social control in 19th century anti-Chinese exclusionary laws, the history of hair policies in Indian boarding schools, the under-regulation of hair products and synthetic braids used by Black women....
September 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
So far, we've learned about the historical construction of white male baldness, hair and social control in 19th century anti-Chinese exclusionary laws, the history of hair policies in Indian boarding schools, the under-regulation of hair products and synthetic braids used by Black women....
To counteract this phenomenon, I argue for the normalization of maternal ambivalence to bring law into better alignment with social science and to ease the harms that flow from punishing women’s conflicted feelings about motherhood.
September 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
To counteract this phenomenon, I argue for the normalization of maternal ambivalence to bring law into better alignment with social science and to ease the harms that flow from punishing women’s conflicted feelings about motherhood.
Ultimately, it argues that by reinforcing the social stigma surrounding maternal ambivalence, law privileges restrictive gender stereotypes about self-sacrificing mothers and women fulfilling their natural reproductive destinies by becoming mothers.
September 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Ultimately, it argues that by reinforcing the social stigma surrounding maternal ambivalence, law privileges restrictive gender stereotypes about self-sacrificing mothers and women fulfilling their natural reproductive destinies by becoming mothers.
The article compares the law’s response to perceived maternal ambivalence, using a set of case examples involving pregnancy loss and child removal, with more generous understandings of such ambivalence found in the social science literature.
September 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The article compares the law’s response to perceived maternal ambivalence, using a set of case examples involving pregnancy loss and child removal, with more generous understandings of such ambivalence found in the social science literature.
Please tag yourself and others!
June 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Please tag yourself and others!
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June 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Reposted by Liz Kukura
On the abortion 'complication' claim: Paxton says in his press release that abortion pills "caused serious harm to this patient."
This appears to be a lie—one that is being repeated by mainstream outlets
This appears to be a lie—one that is being repeated by mainstream outlets
December 16, 2024 at 11:07 PM
On the abortion 'complication' claim: Paxton says in his press release that abortion pills "caused serious harm to this patient."
This appears to be a lie—one that is being repeated by mainstream outlets
This appears to be a lie—one that is being repeated by mainstream outlets
MMRCs like Georgia's reflect such an impoverished take on accountability, transparency, and "learning from our mistakes" in health care.
November 22, 2024 at 6:36 PM
MMRCs like Georgia's reflect such an impoverished take on accountability, transparency, and "learning from our mistakes" in health care.
"How long will we ask people to bare their open wounds for the world, and stand by when nothing happens?"
November 22, 2024 at 5:02 PM
"How long will we ask people to bare their open wounds for the world, and stand by when nothing happens?"