The Pod Generation (2023)★ 6.2/10

If I were to write the ending, it would be that they open the egg and find nothing but a hologram. In the end, they bravely break into the company and discover that the baby actually comes from an exploited surrogate mother in a third-world country. That would really match the theme.

German feminist Maria Mies, who passed away on May 15, 2023, explored the topic of reproductive technology in her book Ecofeminism, which is also co-authored with Vandana Shiva. She pointed out that while modern reproductive technologies like egg freezing and in vitro fertilization are presented as bringing freedom and liberation to women, they actually turn women's bodies into new sites of investment. Rather than offering more possibilities and choices, these technologies pave the way for new forms of exploitation.