Reut Odinak / Boston University

With a background in Women and Gender Studies and Film and Television Studies, Reut’s research examines how contemporary media represents the reproductive body in terms of sexuality, agency, and purpose. In the American Studies Doctoral program at Boston University, Reut focuses on the maternal body and its intersection with markets, including surrogacy and sex work. Reut’s dissertation explores how concerns over gender norms, motherhood, and reproduction gave birth to surrogacy storylines on primetime television. In turn, Reut considers how these storylines contribute to ideologies around gender, motherhood, and reproductive and bodily autonomy.