2020 September Issue Bodies—the fate imposed on them by culture is often far more insidious than the fate imposed by biology. In this issue, essayists search for the integrity of bodies in a culture that seeks to control them. Cultural responses to pregnancy can be mediated by the slew of online products advertised to pregnant women. Artist Ani Liu investigates these “products” which demonstrate the disturbing ways digital consumer culture surveils and bombards mothers-to-be⟶ THE CONSUMERIST PREGNANCY 03 BODIES 09.2020 As researchers explore humanity-enhancing technologies, Eben Kirksey profiles a disabled scientists who preaches caution against those who would use CRISPR on the unborn⟶ I DON'T WANT TO WALK, I WANT TO FLY 03 BODIES 09.2020 During the pandemic, some biohackers have misappropriated concepts of body autonomy. Biodesigned Editor and bioethicist Alex Pearlman examines some of the more harmful than helpful aspects of DIY vaccines⟶ THE FOLLY OF DIY VAXXERS 03 BODIES 09.2020 Biodesign projects are rooted in storytelling, slow making with nature, and communion between designer and organism says artist and educator Corinne Takara⟶ WHAT BIODESIGN MEANS TO ME 03 BODIES 09.2020 British and Japanese multimedia artist Sputniko! discusses ways social media platforms have fostered public dialogue about her work, particularly around feminism and fertility⟶ SPUTNIKO! ON POP CULTURE AND FERTILITY [AUDIO] 03 BODIES 09.2020 Issue 3 Masthead
