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Killing the Black Body is a brilliant examination of the ways that race, gender, and class have undergirded the experience of reproduction, sexuality, and motherhood in the United States. This book has shaped my professional life at so many stages, from inspiring my interest in assisted reproductive technologies, to posing important questions for future research, to providing essential theoretical frameworks in which to understand privilege and oppression. I find the text just as powerful in my undergraduate teaching as I do in graduate seminars. More personally, this book serves as an important reminder of the powerful relationship between academia and struggles for reproductive justice and liberty.