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Bodily Farm

The Farm by Joanne Ramos

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The Farm is a story about high-end surrogacy – who runs it, who uses it, and who provides it. But it is also so much more than that. It is a meaningful examination of womanhood and all the ways women inadvertently hurt each other, when all we are trying to do is help. It is quietly heartbreaking, yet non-judgemental. The central character is Jane – an immigrant from the Philippines who lives with her fellow immigrants in a shared dormitory with her baby. Jane progresses […]

Who wants to buy a baby?

The Farm by Joanne Ramos

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The Farm is definitely a slow burner with some nice science fiction/dystopian society flavors. It’s the story of a corporation banking off of designer babies. “The Farm” locates disenfranchised women, impregnates them, and sells their babies to the rich and wealthy. The women receive compensation for their babies but the concept is still horrifying. The Farm is a facility built to keep these women extremely healthy – anything they need, they get – they also don’t get everything they want. No Snickers bars available in […]

Farming for Babies

The Farm by Joanne Ramos

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Everyday, on my walk to work, I pass by a park full of Filipino caretakers watching over and playing with little white children. The neighbourhood I walk through is pretty gentrified, and it’s clear these women are nannies and not the mothers of these little ones. This time of day is as much the socialization time for each caretaker as it is for the children, and I can hear them speaking in their native tongue and sitting to the side having close talks with their […]



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