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Happy [insert commercial occasion here]!
Before I had children, Mothers’ Day was mostly just another of those manufactured occasions in retail world. When I worked the fragrance counters of David Jones and Grace Bros (you young people will know the latter as Myer nowadays … Continue reading
On Birth – and with due deference to Nancy Wainer whose revolutionary thoughts helped so many of us frame our own.
I propose that we reclaim birth. Our first step can be the removal of labels from birthing. Birth is birth. Women are women. We’re not mothers, wives, primips, multis or “the VBAC in room 3”, we’re women. We’re women at … Continue reading
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Why I never say witch hunt
For those who don’t know, my original qualifications in academia are a first class honours degree in history, eighteenth century Irish history, to be precise. I commenced and completed about half a PhD but birth trauma made this untenable and … Continue reading
Annie Bourgault shares her story of loss
**trigger warnings** Loss mentioned, violence against women. Annie Bourgault is a reporter who finds evidence based information about birthing. She interviews health professionals, leading experts in childbirth and parents whose work help women feel empowered and fulfilled during pregnancy, birth … Continue reading
Yoni
When my daughter was born I wondered what words we would use to teach her about her body and mine. With my son it was relatively simple since penis, testicles and scrotum come with little baggage and no embedded misandry. … Continue reading
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Tagged episiotomy, qwerty photography, Village Ink, yoni
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National day of action to support the Cairns Couple.
A woman in QLD is facing 7 years in prison after being charged with having an abortion. Her partner is facing 3 years in prison. Yes, really. Most of us don’t know abortion is still on the criminal code in … Continue reading
Posted in feminism, reproductive justice
Tagged abortion, queensland, state sponsored mysogyny
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