ABOUT THE BOOK
An urgent and clear-eyed look at the battles over reproductive control and women’s work in our tipping-point moment—and how to forge a path forward.
By connecting the dots among shifting fertility patterns, economics, climate change, equitable work, expanding longevity, and the rising status of formerly excluded groups, Gregory counters reactionary narratives. She demonstrates that a caring democracy and an end to systemic poverty can engender critical advantages for our economy and for our fragile planet. Never more urgently needed, The Real Domestic Product envisions the way forward to an economy of care for our planet and its people.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Elizabeth Gregory directs the Institute for Research on Women, Gender & Sexuality at the University of Houston, where she is a professor of English and Taylor Professor of Gender & Sexuality Studies. In addition to The Real Domestic Product, she is the author of Ready: Why Women Are Embracing the New Later Motherhood and Apparition of Splendor: Marianne Moore Performing Democracy through Celebrity, and others.

ABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNER
Oni Blair joined the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas as the executive director in June 2021. As the leader of this statewide, nonpartisan organization, Oni directs the organization’s efforts in communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions. Prior to the ACLU of Texas, Oni led LINK Houston, a transportation justice organization that shaped a $7-billion transit plan and won $51.5 million for Black and Latinx communities impacted by a highway expansion. As a Foreign Service Officer (U.S. diplomat) with the U.S. Department of State for 13 years, Oni directed the human rights bureau’s Near Eastern Affairs Office; served as special assistant to the U.S. Deputy Secretary; and worked at U.S. Embassies in Jordan, Pakistan, and Iraq. Oni is a Council on Foreign Relations Member, Truman National Security Project Fellow, former International Career Advancement Fellow, former American Council on Germany Young Leaders Fellow, and former Belfer Center (non-resident) fellow with the Harvard Kennedy School. Oni graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University (2002) and a master’s degree in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School (2004)