I am very pleased to announce that the inaugural Wingnut Awards have been voted upon by JB festival attendees, and that the following nominees have been successful in achieving the status of Wingnuttery. Bernard Keane, in his well rounded article which clearly demonstrated he knew nothing about homebirth or the attack on women’s rights involved [...]

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This is an interesting one from a woman I know. Her work is beautiful and this is really moving, I think. I Remember The Day You Cut Me, Red Were The Tears I Cried caesarian healing bracelet http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33168909 How women remember their caesareans

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Hathor speaks: I get asked all of the time, how I decided to have an unassisted birth the first time and a few years ago I wrote about my decision an essay called Pregnancy Log (here’s an excerpt): Saturday, January 10th We all go to my first visit with my midwife. She is sooooooo cool. [...]

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Some blog deliciousness to get us all thinking more about the current draft legislation to outlaw homebirth midwifery in Australia. http://allthatsazz.blogspot.com/2009/06/important-message-from-your-security.html Warning warning feminist yumour ahead! Important message from your Security Minister Homebirthers may try to convince you that our actions are infringing on their human rights. This is an outrageous accusation given that half [...]

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Holding activism lightly in the face of violence. Australian women face one of the greatest struggles for basic human rights they’ve ever faced.We have the vote, we have some semblance (lipservice) to equal pay, we can mostly put our children in childcare, rape makes it into the newspaper (insert mass disclaimers, but it IS there!), [...]

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A shiny new blog! Welcome aboard, dear reader. Here’s hoping we can share some stories, some chat, some activism and a lot of information. Nothing like a blank page to inspire fear and creativity in equal measure. I trust the latter will prove more helpful than the former! Thanks for following me over from the [...]

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