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Elinor Burkett

  • Public obsession with the child-rearing plans of others is a curious social tic. At least until we entered into the age of glorified public confession, Americans were politely hesitant to pry into one another's lives.

    • Elinor Burkett,
    • "Emancipation From Propagation," in Lori Leibovich, ed., Maybe Baby ()
  • In every sphere, American society has come to accept personal proclivities — from religion and gender to clothing ... Yet the assumption that women are biologically programmed to conceive refuses to crumble. The right to choose seems to have bypassed the childless.

    • Elinor Burkett,
    • "Emancipation From Propagation," in Lori Leibovich, ed., Maybe Baby ()

Elinor Burkett, U.S. producer, director, journalist, writer