The Pomegrante Seeds

In Ripe, the pomegranate seeds serve as a symbol for Cassie’s pregnancy. The night she contemplates telling the chef she is pregnant, he opens a pomegranate and removes the jeweled seeds. As they sit on the couch, she imagines raising a child with him but reminds herself that they do not have a plausible future. The next morning the seeds are shriveled on the kitchen table. In the same manner that the fruit withers, the tenability of carrying the pregnancy is not viable. Cassie decides to go through with the abortion because she is not equipped to carry the pregnancy to term.

Meat

The sirloin steaks Cassie and her mother purchase serve as a symbol for the monetization of the individual in late capitalism. In the same manner the slabs of meat are packaged and defatted, Cassie is asked to sacrifice her corporeal...