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I had one drafted abortion joke that was like “aborted deadbeat dad voice: i would’ve loved to have wished that i had aborted my son” or something like that

thank you for choosing me as the platform for this i really enjoyed it

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Y’know I’ve got just a little suspicion you might be kinda passionate on the topic of abortion, idk why

(this is not intended to sound mocking your blog is really good and I like it)

woah.... that's crazy i'm not really sure where you could have gotten that impression

i actually created this blog as part of an assignment for my class about politics of reproduction. 7% of our total grade hinged on our ability to write abortion jokes and have them circulate socially somehow (friend groups, internet, physical media, etc) so i would like to thank the users of tumblr who interacted with my post because it got me a really good grade on a joke that honestly was not that funny i feel like it was sort of low hanging fruit. but thank you for liking my blog bff i do believe everything i say on here #abortionislife

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me when a fictional woman decides not to get an abortion

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anyway here's abortion pill mancala

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Do you have any thoughts on abortion? Anon pls

Hi anonymous! Yes I have many thoughts about abortion.

I think that abortion has to move beyond a moral framework for any sort of meaningful and positive change to occur. Much of the messaging and language around abortion is focused on portraying it as an inherently moralistic decision, which I really think is not true, and this is honestly happening on both sides. Conservative groups push the message that abortion is murder, that a fetus is a person and has a soul, that it's heartless, etc. Meanwhile, one of the major strategies of mainstream abortion activism is this emphasis on personal stories and narratives, on trying to evoke sympathy and pathos. I'm of the opinion that personal narratives don't work unless you have an actual connection to the person you're trying to convince with it (for the most part. i'm sure there are people that this tactic does reach, but statistically it is a really ineffective strategy.) These personal narratives are also often about traumatic experiences, which further reinforces the narrative that an abortion can never really be wanted, only needed. They also turn abortion into an "I" issue rather than "we." It presents abortion as a case by case basis, something that can be allowed if certain parameters are met, rather than a medical procedure that happens for any number of reasons.

I get that abortion is an inherently fraught subject, and I understand that people have all sorts of feelings about it. I'm not saying that I think a woman who finds out she has to have an abortion (for say, like, an ectopic pregnancy) isn't allowed to be sad about it. But we need to get to a place where that sadness as well as public response is about her feelings on the matter and not the fact that a fetus was aborted in general.

I think that we also need to broaden the discussions we are having from simply about a woman's right to an abortion to a broader understanding of what reproductive justice looks like. This encompasses all aspects of reproduction, and allows us to talk about greater sociopolitical structures that affect reproductive "decisions".

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Readings I would recommend (and can provide if anyone's interested)

Ch6 of Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan's book What Is We? "Of liberation" for a discussion of "I" vs "We" framework "The Politics of Narrative, Narrative as Politic: Rethinking Reproductive Justice Frameworks through the South Dakota Abortion Story" by Carly Thomsen in Feminist Formations

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Do you have any thoughts on abortion? Anon pls

Hi anonymous! Yes I have many thoughts about abortion.

I think that abortion has to move beyond a moral framework for any sort of meaningful and positive change to occur. Much of the messaging and language around abortion is focused on portraying it as an inherently moralistic decision, which I really think is not true, and this is honestly happening on both sides. Conservative groups push the message that abortion is murder, that a fetus is a person and has a soul, that it's heartless, etc. Meanwhile, one of the major strategies of mainstream abortion activism is this emphasis on personal stories and narratives, on trying to evoke sympathy and pathos. I'm of the opinion that personal narratives don't work unless you have an actual connection to the person you're trying to convince with it (for the most part. i'm sure there are people that this tactic does reach, but statistically it is a really ineffective strategy.) These personal narratives are also often about traumatic experiences, which further reinforces the narrative that an abortion can never really be wanted, only needed. They also turn abortion into an "I" issue rather than "we." It presents abortion as a case by case basis, something that can be allowed if certain parameters are met, rather than a medical procedure that happens for any number of reasons.

I get that abortion is an inherently fraught subject, and I understand that people have all sorts of feelings about it. I'm not saying that I think a woman who finds out she has to have an abortion (for say, like, an ectopic pregnancy) isn't allowed to be sad about it. But we need to get to a place where that sadness as well as public response is about her feelings on the matter and not the fact that a fetus was aborted in general.

I think that we also need to broaden the discussions we are having from simply about a woman's right to an abortion to a broader understanding of what reproductive justice looks like. This encompasses all aspects of reproduction, and allows us to talk about greater sociopolitical structures that affect reproductive "decisions".

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i actually did draft a bunch of abortion jokes but ultimately decided not to keep them

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this post is great because everyone trying to be a comedian in the replies is not as funny as me. and the joke isnt even that good or funny in the first place just goes to show

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This is the left: Abortion joke at White House Correspondents' dinner! Funny stuff, y'all!

This is the left: Abortion joke at White House Correspondents’ dinner! Funny stuff, y’all!

The host of Saturday’s “Nerd Prom” was Michelle Wolf, some “comedian” best known as a writer for Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.

Michelle had some fine jokes at the event, many of which centered on Sarah Huckabee Sanders (who was in attendance). People were not pleased with those jokes, unless you are a progressive…

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Best way I can describe getting an IUD

A couple of years ago I got an IUD in Texas. It felt like installing a security system in a state that removed all the doors.

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hello my fifteen new followers. would any of you like to comment on why you decided to follow me 🎤 when i have three posts and they are all bad abortion jokes

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being in college is awesome i get to tell people yeah im supposed to write abortion jokes. for my abortion class. and everyone says to me wow that sounds really awesome i wish i was in that class

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and i did actually draft a bunch of jokes just now you know sort of spitballing but ultmately i decided not to keep any of them

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being in college is awesome i get to tell people yeah im supposed to write abortion jokes. for my abortion class. and everyone says to me wow that sounds really awesome i wish i was in that class

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wait let me try again

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i actually did draft a bunch of abortion jokes but ultimately decided not to keep them