Dr Alexus Davis (Lexie) is a social scientist, poet, and full-spectrum birth doula. Lexie has interdisciplinary experience in global health, the sociologies of gender and (social) reproduction, obstetric violence, decolonial studies, and creative methodologies. Her current research considers decolonial reproductive studies, assisted reproductive technologies, health/care inequalities, and global maternal care systems. Lexie’s poetry has previously appeared in the Poetry Society of America, God is in the TV, LEVELER, and a host of other publications. She is the author of Cartoon Logic, Cartoon Violence (Baobab Press) and two others. Alexus is currently a lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London, in the Department of Social, Community and Therapeutic Studies.