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Category: Activism

How To Fight Racism

White People: Here’s How You Can Help After The Racist Attack In Virginia

Posted on August 13, 2017August 15, 2017 by MotherWise
In the aftermath of the white supremacist terrorist attack in Virginia yesterday, I'm urging my white friends to resist saying things like: "Hate has no place in America!" Or "This is not the America we know!" Or "They're just white...Read More

It’s World Breastfeeding Week: Here’s 6 Reasons You Should Care

Posted on August 5, 2017August 5, 2017 by MotherWise
Originally published at Mothering.com World Breastfeeding Week is a yearly worldwide celebration of breastfeeding. Beginning August 1st this year, World Breastfeeding Week aims to promote education and support for breastfeeding, to help encourage more mothers to meet their goals. Why do we...Read More
An Open Letter to the Lifeguard Who Complained About a Breastfeeding Mother

To The Male Lifeguard Who Dared To Shame A Breastfeeding Mother

Posted on August 3, 2017October 9, 2017 by MotherWise
Dear Male Lifeguard, Yesterday I attended my first nurse-in, a response to an incident at a local pool where a mother was told to cover up while breastfeeding her infant. It’s unfortunate that we have to organize such events, but...Read More
The World Health Organization Endorses Breastfeeding Selfies

The World Health Organization Endorses Brelfies — Breastfeeding Selfies!

Posted on August 3, 2017October 9, 2017 by MotherWise
The breastfeeding selfie. A nurturing act of empowerment, a promotion of breastfeeding, and a counterculture resistance movement which tends to elicit strong opinions. A common sentiment when breastfeeding photos are shared is, "Why would anyone share this publicly??? This is...Read More
Breastfeeding Politician Makes History

Senator Makes History By Breastfeeding Her Baby In Parliament

Posted on May 10, 2017 by MotherWise
In what should be a normal, everyday event, an Australian Senator has made history by being the first woman to (successfully and legally) breastfeed her baby in Parliament. The Senator, Larissa Waters, had recently returned from maternity leave and --...Read More
Target's New Breastfeeding Policy

Target Has A Shocking New Breastfeeding Policy

Posted on April 1, 2017 by MotherWise
  Originally published at Mothering.com Target has a surprising breastfeeding policy -- and it's shockingly good! After several incidences of mothers being asked to cover up or move while breastfeeding, Target has implemented a new training policy. This is great news for...Read More
Doulas Have a Duty to Talk About Circumcision

Doulas Have A Duty To Talk About Circumcision

Posted on March 25, 2017January 4, 2018 by MotherWise
Do doulas have an ethical obligation to ensure that all new parents know the truth about circumcision? These doulas say yes. When I was pregnant with my first baby nine years ago, my doula was a personal friend, someone whose...Read More
Trump Viral Video

People Are Loving This Viral Video From the Netherlands to Trump

Posted on January 25, 2017January 25, 2017 by MotherWise
You need to see this viral video the Netherlands made for Drumpf. The impression is perfection. The political commentary is sharp. The mockery of Drumpf is beautiful and well-justified. The message comes from a satirical news program Zondag met Lubach, with the...Read More
no santa ruin christmas

Why I’m Still Not Doing Santa, and I Haven’t Ruined Christmas Yet!

Posted on December 19, 2016February 22, 2018 by MotherWise
Not everyone keeps a naughty or nice list. And not everyone chooses to tell their kids Santa is real. One mom tells us why she doesn't do Santa Claus. 'Tis the season! The season to destroy the holiday spirit by debating...Read More
santa

3 Reasons I Don’t Make My Kids Believe In Santa

Posted on December 14, 2016December 7, 2020 by MotherWise
Controversial parenting topics are endless, but none gets people quite so upset as the choice to not make kids believe in Santa. Why would we want to ruin their childhood like that? Why must we squash all magic and imagination? Why...Read More

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    And my kids are informed on the topics of trauma, And my kids are informed on the topics of trauma, addiction, mental health, poverty, racism, misogyny, classism, bullying, and more, because we discuss the issues. Kids can learn about the harshness of the world without us imposing it on them as some kind of life lesson. 

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    The valentines these lovely souls made for each ot The valentines these lovely souls made for each other are just the sweetest. They know each other so well and are good friends. 

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    This is such important reframing! Chattel slavery This is such important reframing! Chattel slavery is part of *white* history. The people who respond to Black History Month by saying “When is white history month?!?” probably wouldn’t like what they’d learn 😬 Via @anyadoula_htx 
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“I love this reframing of Black History. I no longer wish to relive the horrors and atrocities every single year anymore. It is important to know, but we also have to watch how we “celebrate” our culture and history. Focusing on the harm done to black folks is not celebrating. It keeps white folks centered. It keeps us focused on pain and a sense of inferiority. That is not who we are. That is not who our ancestors were. No!

I choose to celebrate who we are in spite of white supremacist delusion. I choose to celebrate the brilliance and innovation of a people, MY people who have made magnificent contributions to the WORLD in spite of centuries long atrocities against us, that are still waged against us.” Original Post via @nikkiblak 

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    Somehow it’s a controversial take to believe eve Somehow it’s a controversial take to believe everyone deserves to survive without struggle but with basic dignity. Living should be a right, not a privilege. #capitalismkills #democraticsocialism #humanrights 
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    “Unity” comes after justice, equity, accountab “Unity” comes after justice, equity, accountability, and reparations. 

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    “It’s MLK Day, so remember that his legacy has “It’s MLK Day, so remember that his legacy has been whitewashed by white supremacy to erase his true radical message, and that he was murdered for daring to demand equity.” - Via @ellewoodscore 

“I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. 

I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season." 

Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.” 

-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ‘Letter from a Birmingham Jail’ (1963)

read the full letter here: https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html

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    “And one day we must ask the question, "Why are “And one day we must ask the question, "Why are there forty million poor people in America?" And when you begin to ask that question, you are raising questions about the economic system, about a broader distribution of wealth. When you ask that question, you begin to question the capitalistic economy.” #mlk #mlkquotes #mlkday #capitalism #capitalismkills
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