

This article reviews the book “Freezing Fertility: Oocyte Cryopreservation and the Gender Politics of Aging” by Lucy van de Wiel (New York: NYU Press, 2020, 344 pp). Freezing Fertility is an important contribution to medical anthropology and feminist technoscience and will be an excellent addition to the academic literature on this recently expanding practice, allowing us to prepare for what might come. The book is beautifully written, the main arguments are carefully elaborated and thought-provoking, and the key message is unsettling. We contend with van de Wiel that the issue of fertility literacy is vital, and her book is a valuable source for teaching topics such as bioeconomies, the politics of aging, and gender politics.