FAB Gab
By The Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics
IJFAB is the leading forum in bioethics for feminist thought and debate. IJFAB welcomes feminist scholarship from any discipline on ethical issues related to health, health care, and the biomedical sciences, or to the social, economic, and environmental determinants of health. All submissions are subject to anonymous peer review. Since open access to scholarly research offers significant educational and social benefits, IJFAB supports “green” open access.
FAB GabSep 16, 2020
FAB Gab Episode 32: Michael Montess on creating the conditions of trust within relationships for using PrEP as HIV prevention
Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay
Guest: Michael Montess, Western University
Transcript: provided by Otter.ai
FAB Gab Episode 31: Jane Dryden on the Gut Microbiome and the Imperative of Normalcy
Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay
Guest: Jane Dryden, Mount Allison University
Paper: the Gut Microbiome and the Imperative of Normalcy
Transcript: provided by Otter.ai
FAB Gab Episode 30: Karen Davis on Interpreting Pain and Women's Dialogical Self-Understanding
Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay
Guest: Karen Davis, Lewis University
Paper: 'Interpreting Pain: On Women’s Embodiment and Dialogic Self-Understanding,' IJFAB 16:1, 2023
Transcript: provided by Otter.ai
FAB Gab Episode 29: Maya Goldenberg on Vaccine Hesitancy, pre- and mid-pandemic
Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay
Guest: Maya Goldenberg, University of Guelph
Paper: 'Author Meets Critics: an introduction' plus commentaries
Transcript: provided by Otter.ai
FAB Gab Episode 28: Michelle Meagher and Kiera Keglowitsch on births that are not good, and the shame women feel about shame
Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay
Guests: Michelle Meagher and Kiera Keglowitsch, University of Alberta
Paper: Making Room for Births That Are Not Good: Lessons from Cesarean Shame Shame. IJFAB: International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 15:2, 22-39
Transcript: provided by Otter.ai
FAB Gab Episode 27: Megan Dean on Clock Time, Stomach Time, and the Ethics of Eating
Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay
Guest: Megan Dean, Michigan State University
Paper: "Time to Eat: The Importance of Temporality for Food Ethics." IJFAB: International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, vol. 15 no. 2, 2022, p. 76-98.
Transcript: provided by Otter.ai
FAB Gab Episode 26: Floor Cuijpers and Petra Verdonk on an intersectional analysis of self-silencing in clinical trials
Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay
Guest: Floor Cuijpers and Petra Verdonk
Paper: Floor Cuijpers, Maaike Muntinga, Minne Bakker, Gönül Dilaver, Mariëtte van den Hoven and Petra Verdonk,“Who Am I to Judge These Things”: Intersectional Dimensions of Self-Silencing of People with a Neuromuscular Disease in a Clinical Trial,' IJFAB 15:2.
Transcript: provided by Otter.ai
FAB Gab Episode 25: Claire Moore on a capabilities approach to conscientious objection
FAB Gab Episode 24: Serene Ong on definitions of the family
Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay
Guest: Serene Ong, National University of Singapore
Paper: 'Who Counts as Family: A Pluralistic Account of Family in the Genetic Context'
Transcript: provided by Otter.ai
FAB Gab Episode 23: Keisha Ray on Black Bioethics
Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay
Guest: Keisha Ray, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas at Houston
Presentation: Black Bioethics and the Future of Health Equity
Transcript: provided by Otter.ai
FAB Gab Episode 22: Containers, parts, or something else? Jeanne Proust discusses the multi-layered concept of the uterus
Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay
Guest: Jeanne Proust
Paper: "Women and Their Uteruses: Symbolic Vessels for Prejudiced Expectations," Paola Nicolas, Jeanne Proust, Margaret M. Fabiszak
15(1), pp. 49–70
Transcript: provided by Otter.ai
FAB Gab Episode 21: Katharine Wolfe on 'speciesism', ablism, and moral status of humans and animals
Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay
Guest: Katharine Wolfe
Paper: "What’s Wrong with “Speciesism?”: Toward an Anti-Ableist Reimagining of an Abused Term"
Transcript: provided by Otter.ai
Episode 20: Anna Nelson on Partial Ectogenesis by Request
Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay
Guest: Anna Nelson
Paper: 'Should Delivery by Partial Ectogenesis Be Available on Request of the Pregnant Person?' IJFAB 15(1), Spring 2022, pp. 1-26.
Transcript: provided by Otter.ai
Episode 19: Jemma Rollo on a Relational Ethics of Pregnancy
Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay
Guest: Jemma Rollo
Paper: A Relational Ethics of Pregnancy
Transcript: provided by Otter.ai
Episode 18: Ylva Gustafsson takes a critical approach to neurological accounts of empathy
Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay
Guest: Ylva Gustafsson
Paper: A critical analysis of neurological theories on empathy in healthcare.
Transcript: provided by Otter.ai
FAB Gab Episode 17: Lida Sarafraz on missing females in cardiovascular research
FAB Gab Episode 16: Laura Cupples on a Disability Framework for Health Policy Research
Host: Kate MacKay
Producer: Madeline Goldberger
Guest: Laura Cupples from the University of Tennessee
Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai
Project: Cupples, L. (2021). Knowing with the Disability Community: Building a Disability Standpoint for Health Policy Research. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 14(2), 36–60. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-14.2.03
Music: 'The City Sleeps' by Death By Ginger
FAB Gab Episode 15: Eva De Clercq on Young Adults with Variations of Sex Characteristics
Host: Kathryn MacKay
Producer: Madeline Goldberger
Guest: Eva De Clercq from the Institute of Biomedical Ethics at the University of Basel
Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai
Project: De Clercq. (2021). A Tsunami of Love: Overcoming the Violence of Curiosity—The Lived Experiences of Young Adults Born with Variations of Sex Characteristics. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 14(2), 11–35. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-14.2.02
Music: 'The City Sleeps' by Death By Ginger
FAB Gab Episode 14: Hilde Lindemann on Language Suburbs
Host: Kate MacKay
Producer: Madeline Goldberger
Guest: Hilde Lindemann, Professor of Philosophy Emerita at Michigan State University
Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai
Project: Lindemann, H. (2021). FAB 2020 Plenary Lecture Stories That Free Us. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 14(2), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-14.2.01
Music: 'The City Sleeps' by Death By Ginger
FAB Gab Episode 13: Amy Reed-Sandoval on Abortion Bans and Pandemic Ethics
Host: Kate MacKay
Producer: Madeline Goldberger
Guest: Amy Reed-Sandoval from University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai
Project: Reed-Sandoval, A. (2021). Revisiting Relational Pandemic Ethics in Light of the COVID-19 Abortion Bans in the United States. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 14(1), 141–156. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-14.1.07
Music: 'The City Sleeps' by Death By Ginger
FAB Gab Episode 12: Jill Drouillard on Pregnancy and Creating a Gender-Inclusive Reproductive Ethics
Host: Kate MacKay
Producer: Madeline Goldberger
Guest: Jill Drouillard
Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai
Project: Drouillard, J. (2021). The King Was Pregnant: Reproductive Ethics and Transgender Pregnancy. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 14(1), 120–140. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-14.1.06
Music: 'The City Sleeps' by Death By Ginger
FAB Gab Episode 11: Maria Howard on Rational Suicide
Host: Kate MacKay
Producer: Madeline Goldberger
Guest: Maria Howard
Paper: ‘Countering the Rational Suicide Story’. IJFAB Volume 14 Issue 1, Spring 2021, pp. 73-102. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-14.1.04
Transcript: provided by Otter.ai
Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger
Trigger warning for all listeners - suicide.
FAB Gab Episode 10: Kate Mason on Early Motherhood Bioethics
Host: Kate MacKay
Producer: Madeline Goldberger
Guest: Kate Mason
Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai
Project: Mason, K. A. (2021). Postpartum Maternal Tethering: A Bioethics of Early Motherhood. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 14(1), 49–72. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-14.1.03
Music: 'The City Sleeps' by Death By Ginger
FAB Gab Episode 9: Mercer Gary on Care Robots and the Mechanisation of Health Care
Host: Kate MacKay
Producer: Madeline Goldberger
Guest: Mercer Gary
Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai
Project: Gary, M. E. (2021). Care Robots, Crises of Capitalism, and the Limits of Human Caring. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 14(1), 19–48. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-2020-07-28
Music: 'The City Sleeps' by Death By Ginger
FAB Gab Episode 8: Nora Hämäläinen on a Higher Level of Reflection on the Bioethical Process
FAB Gab Pod Episode #8: Nora Hämäläinen on a Higher Level of Reflection on the Bioethical Process
Host: Kate MacKay
Producer: Madeline Goldberger
Guest: Nora Hämäläinen
Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai
Project: Hämäläinen, N. (2021). Contextuality, Bioethics, and the Nature of Philosophy: Reflections on Murdoch, Diamond, Walker, and the Groningen Approach. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 14(1), 103–119. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-14.1.05
Music: 'The City Sleeps' by Death By Ginger
FAB Gab Episode 7: Susan Stark on the Intersection of Gender and Race
Host: Kate MacKay
Producer: Madeline Goldberger
Guest: Susan Stark
Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai
Project: Stark, S., 'Home Birth and the Maternity Outcomes Emergency: Attending to Race and Gender in Childbirth.' International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, Volume 14 Issue 1, Spring 2021, pp. 2-18. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-14.1.01
Music: 'The City Sleeps' by Death By Ginger
FAB Gab Episode 6: IJFAB Editors on the Journal
Host: Kate MacKay
Producer: Madeline Goldberger
Guest: IJFAB editors - Robyn Bluhm, Jackie Leach Scully, and Anna Gotlib
Show Notes Links: IJFAB Journal, IJFAB Blog, FAB Network
Transcript: provided by Otter.ai
FAB Gab Episode 5: Karey Harwood on New Eugenics and Procreative Liberty
Host: Kate MacKay
Guest: Karey Harwood
Paper: 'Which “New Eugenics”? Expanding Access to ART, Respecting Procreative Liberty, and Protecting the Moral Equality of All Persons in an Era of Neoliberal Choice", IJFAB Volume 13 Issue 2, Fall 2020, pp. 148-173.
Transcript: provided by Otter.ai
FAB Gab Episode 4: Michael Doan and Ami Harbin on Relational Understandings of Public Health
Host: Kate MacKay
Guests: Michael Doan and Ami Harbin
Paper: 'Public health and precarity,' IJFAB Volume 13 Issue 2, Fall 2020, pp. 108-130.
Transcript: provided by Otter.ai
FAB Gab Episode 3: Jennifer Bell on using Relational Autonomy to frame Qualitative Research
Host: Kate MacKay
Guest: Jennifer A. H. Bell
Paper: J.A.H. Bell (2020), 'Relational Autonomy as a Theoretical Lens for Qualitative Health Research,' IJFAB: International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 13:2
Transcript: provided by Descript
FAB Gab Episode 2: Carolyn McLeod reflects on relational autonomy and the work of Sue Sherwin
Host: Kate MacKay
Guest: Carolyn McLeod
Paper: Carolyn McLeod (2020) 'My Relational Autonomy and My Relationship with Susan Sherwin,' IJFAB: International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 13:2, 9-11.
Transcript: provided by Descript
FAB Gab Episode 1: Special Issue on Sue Sherwin with Kirsten Borgerson and Letitia Meynell
Host: Kate MacKay
Guests: Kirsten Borgerson and Letitia Meynell
Issue: Shaping a More Just Bioethics: A Celebration of the Work of Susan Sherwin
Transcript: provided by Descript
Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger