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Research Confirms That Homebirth is Safe, Costs Less

Posted on October 11, 2017October 11, 2017 by MotherWise
Considering a homebirth? Good news! Two recent studies found that mothers with low-risk pregnancies should be considered safe candidates for giving birth at home. Not only that, but homebirths save "an average $2,338" compared to hospital births. I had my second...Read More
A Love Letter To My Midwife

A Love Letter To My Midwife

Posted on June 23, 2015September 18, 2017 by MotherWise
A thank-you to my midwife, and midwives everywhere. Dear Beth, Thank you for attending the birth of my baby. Thank you for your endless warmth, acceptance, and support. Thank you for your plethora of wisdom and knowledge. Thank you for...Read More

My Healing, Empowering Homebirth

Posted on June 23, 2015April 9, 2020 by MotherWise
My first birth was a disappointing hospital birth. My second was a hopeful, healing homebirth. This is my story. With every birth a mother is born. Whether it's your first or fifth birth, it is a transformative time, poignant and...Read More

Guest Post: Breastfeeding– When It’s Not All Unicorns and Rainbows

Posted on June 23, 2015September 27, 2016 by MotherWise
This is a very special blog to me-- written by my big sister, a new mom who has been through HELL with breastfeeding, and has stuck with it 100%. She has faced so many incredible challenges, including low supply, plugged...Read More
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    It really is about violent misogyny and control. I It really is about violent misogyny and control. If “pro-lifers” could see the number of misogynistic hateful disgusting comments I’ve banned from men today, they’d know the issue isn’t about saving lives — it’s about controlling women. 

“A truck driver careened into a group of demonstrators in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Friday as they crossed the street during an otherwise peaceful protest of the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

The unidentified male driver of a Ford truck rammed into several protesters — all of them women — at the tail end of a procession, rolling over one woman’s ankle and sending her to the hospital, witnesses said.

“He tried to murder them,” said a local journalist and witness to the attack, Lyz Lenz. “These women see him coming and a bunch of people put their hands out to stop him. And he just keeps going.”

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    *Cis men. If cis men got pregnant, abortions would *Cis men. If cis men got pregnant, abortions would be freely available on every corner. 

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    It’s not about the babies. It never was. #roev It’s not about the babies. It never was. 

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    If you, like most of us, didn’t learn about June If you, like most of us, didn’t learn about Juneteenth in school (or the Tulsa Massacre or the Wilmington insurrection of 1898 or the 1985 police bombing of Black liberation group MOVE or the Battle of Blair Mountain or the 1919 Red Summer), it’s because history taught in schools is whitewashed and designed to uphold white supremacy.

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    But it is controversial, sadly, because people sti But it is controversial, sadly, because people still believe that their children exist to obey them, to make them look good, or to fulfill their parent’s dreams. People still treat kids like crap for being kids, for having brains that are not fully developed yet, for not having emotional regulation or impulse control. Children deserve dignity just like anyone else. 

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    ***Content warning: rape, misogyny, family courts* ***Content warning: rape, misogyny, family courts***

This is horrific but shouldn’t be surprising because family courts are some of the most corrupt entities and frequently hand children over to abusive parents. 

“A Louisiana woman who says she was impregnated during a sexual assault as a teenager lost custody of her daughter to her alleged abuser, ABC affiliate WBRZ reported. A judge has also ordered her to pay child support.

A 16-year-old Crysta Abelseth met John Barnes, then 30, in 2005 at a bar in the City of Hammond. He offered to give her a ride home.

“Instead of bringing me home, he brought me to his house,” Abelseth told WBRZ. “Once inside, he raped me on his living room couch.”

Abelseth, now 32, said she became pregnant after the attack.

She went on to give birth to a baby girl and started to rebuild her life. But in 2011, when Abelseth’s daughter was 5 years old, Barnes found out he might have a child and pursued custody. Abelseth said Barnes received 50/50 custody at the time.

WBRZ reported that court records show that a DNA test was performed that proved Barnes was the father. But, even if the sexual encounter that occurred between the two had been consensual — and Abelseth maintains it was not — it would have been illegal in Louisiana, because the age of consent in the state is 17.

A judge granted Barnes full custody of their daughter this year after he alleged Abelseth gave the teenager a cellphone, according to WBRZ.

Court records in connection with the case were inexplicably sealed, the outlet reported.” 

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    Most mass shooters have significant common traits. Most mass shooters have significant common traits. The vast majority are white boys and men. Most have a history of domestic violence, misogyny, and white supremacy. Many are radicalized online. This is a far bigger concern than teaching kids accurate history. 

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    From the comments “I am a teacher. The problem i From the comments “I am a teacher. The problem is the decision makers are not educators and don’t understand education. Teachers know this but no one listens. Finland also funds education much better than the US.” 

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My hope this Gemini season is to absolutely luxuriate in rest, swim as much as I can, celebrate another year of being alive, float on my back, write write write write, vision new ways of being with people I love, be in service on a new and higher level, snuggle with june, let the good feelings in, and not constantly obsess about work 

The thing about not always working isn’t just NOT working it is releasing ourselves from the persistent guilt that if we aren’t working, earning, focusing on how we could work better or smarter or harder we must be lazy or failing or doing it wrong 🖇📈

May the feeling of not doing enough vanish and may the ordinary parts of being alive sustain us eternally, may our creative practice be what guides us to the next wave, may Gemini season be the chaos dream scene of new bounty you’ve been waiting for 🌸

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