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Aalya Ahmad

Oh baby! Reproductive excess versus the realities

By Aalya Ahmad
| September 2, 2010

Whenever I travel and stay in a hotel, I find myself sitting slack-jawed in front of late-night television. This is because I usually never watch TV. Let's get the accusations of sanctimony and the indignant spluttering about my haughty, cultural elitist perch out of the way. I prefer to think of myself as an innocent, wandering, dewy-eyed, in the wilderness of cable TV, which is wondrously full of Here There Be Peculiar Things. Everything on television is a revelation to me.

So can somebody please explain what the holy hell is up with the baby freakshow?

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| Don't miss Aftershock, a riveting political flick about a family rebuilding after the Tangshan Quake in 1976.

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19:21 minutes (22.16 MB)
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Misbehavin' mamas in movement

Apr 17 2009 - 6:00pm
Apr 17 2009 - 9:00pm

Location

Rhizome Cafe
317 East Broadway Coast Salish Territory
Vancouver, BC
Canada
Phone: 604-255-6554
49° 15' 46.2096" N, 123° 5' 54.672" W
See map: Google Maps

Vancouver Status of Women
is proud to present...

MISBEHAVIN':
MAMAS in MOVEMENT!

This event is FREE.
On-site childcare, bus tickets and snacks are provided.
All genders welcome!
Special invite extended to MOMS, KIDS and OUR ALLIES!

Featuring...

Chiinuuks
Chiinuuks (Ruth Ogilvie) is a member of the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples of
Vancouver Island. She is a mother of two, Muhwa who is fourteen and Kimiwan
who is two. She is a graduate of the Indigenous Governance Program  at UVIC
and is currently enrolled in a PhD program in Literatures of the West Coast
at UVIC as well.

I have been involved in community politics and organizing for a number of

Contact email: 
leapcoordinator@vsw.ca
Tags:
women's rights children Native anti-racism motherhood
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