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Radical Doula Profiles: Michelle CraigThis is a series...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:01:54 -0400

Radical Doula Profiles: Michelle Craig

This is a series highlighting folks who identify as Radical Doulas. Are you interested in being…

lamexicanhoe: magpieandwhale: Immigrants Reach Beyond a Legal...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:34:15 -0400

magpieandwhale:

Immigrants Reach Beyond a Legal Barrier for a Reunion

These photos are of Dreamers, children of immigrants without documents for this country, who were brought to the United States and never knew they were “illegal,” reuniting with their deported parents through a border wall in Nogales, Arizona.

If you have any reaction to these photos other than empathy, I don’t really want to know.

Nah I’m angry too

Mad as hell

Cause this shouldn’t be happening

Such a powerful photo. If my parents hadn’t been from Cuba, they could have been DREAMERS. If my parents hadn’t been from Cuba, they might not have status to this day, and would definitely not have their professional jobs and middle class life. If my parents hadn’t been from Cuba, it could be me standing on this side of the border, grasping the hand of a mother who’d been deported after building a life in this country.

Our immigration system is hugely biased and entirely political. My parents aren’t DREAMERs, my parents are now citizens, simply because of the anti-communist agenda of the US government.

I wrote more about this comparison for Colorlines a few years back, but this photo was such a striking reminder of my privilege and how arbitrary it is.

I’m hugely appreciative of their reality, as arbitrary as it was, because it gave both my parents and their families the opportunity to choose a different life. It’s a choice that all immigrants should have.

Radical Doula Profiles: Jasmine Krapf This is a series...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:01:28 -0400

Radical Doula Profiles: Jasmine Krapf

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Philadelphia Trans Health Conference This post should have...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:41:20 -0400

Philadelphia Trans Health Conference

This post should have happened months ago, so that all you lovely people who didn’t know about…

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Review: What Makes a Baby

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:14:01 -0400

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What Makes a Baby Book Trailer from Cory Silverberg on Vimeo.

A few months back I got a lovely email from Cory Silverberg telling me about a new book that he authored: What Makes a Baby. After a very delayed email exchange…

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Radical Doula Profiles: Louise PowersThis is a series...

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:00:55 -0400

Radical Doula Profiles: Louise Powers

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fuckyeahteenmoms: @CandiesOrg says they don’t play the shame...

Thu, 30 May 2013 14:29:32 -0400

fuckyeahteenmoms:

@CandiesOrg says they don’t play the shame game, but we know better. @gesisson breaks it down. #noteenshame

Also, notice the use of actual sources. Fuck yeah!

Amazing.

Young mamas push back against the Candie’s Foundation teen pregnancy ads

Wed, 29 May 2013 13:21:05 -0400

Young mamas push back against the Candie’s Foundation teen pregnancy ads

Radical Doula Profiles: Grace Dillon-Moore This is a series...

Wed, 29 May 2013 11:00:52 -0400

Radical Doula Profiles: Grace Dillon-Moore

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Today’s jam brought to you by my paisana Kat Dahlia

Mon, 27 May 2013 19:15:23 -0400

Today’s jam brought to you by my paisana Kat Dahlia

It's Not Just the Diet: Racism Is at Play in Immigrants' Poor Health Outcomes

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:50:03 -0400

It's Not Just the Diet: Racism Is at Play in Immigrants' Poor Health Outcomes:

A recent New York Times article detailed the health effects of immigration on the Latino community, but it neglected to note one of the likely causes of those health outcomes: racism.

My latest for RHRC.

Will the teen mom shaming ever stop?

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:38:12 -0400

Will the teen mom shaming ever stop?:

fuckyeahteenmoms:

hellyeahscarleteen:

pain-cake:

hellyeahscarleteen:

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May is National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, which basically means it’s the season for teen mom shaming. And damn if the Candie’s Foundation doesn’t deliver! On May 1 they revealed their new celebrity-endorsed PSAs, which include lots of messages that provide the super useful combo of shame and no actual helpful information whatsoever.

Everyone needs to retweet this now:

https://twitter.com/FYTM_tweets/status/335126445233954816

Fantastic response by this tweeter to Candie’s.

Thanks!

Radical Doula Profiles: Angela Emery This is a series...

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:01:55 -0400

Radical Doula Profiles: Angela Emery

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Doula Training Spotlight: Intuitive Childbirth

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:05:28 -0400

I’ve kept on updating this list of doula training organizations, and it continues to grow! Most of the training groups I know little to nothing about, and the information has come from reader emails and the training websites. The list is not an…

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Will the teen mom shaming ever stop?

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:17:16 -0400

Will the teen mom shaming ever stop?:

fuckyeahteenmoms:

Awesome links to ways young mamas push back.

Photo

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:05:21 -0400

Radical Doula Profiles: Cindy CollinsThis is a series...

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:30:46 -0400

Radical Doula Profiles: Cindy Collins

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Sometimes the question is the problem.

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:36:21 -0400

Feminist: How can we, as feminists BOTH fight teen/unwanted pregnancy and celebrate/make available contraceptives while also being happy for teen mothers?
Teen Mom: I’m not interested in “fighting” anyone’s pregnancy. I am interested in giving folks support and access to control their own reproduction.

A lot of the “stats” about teen moms are:

1. made up. (really! Try chasing down some real sources that aren’t the campaign to prevent teen pregnancy or stayteen or some crap like that – their links to sources are a black hole as far as I’ve been able to trace.)
2. actually stats about discriminatory systems, not individual families. (I was never in my life more encouraged to fail than when I was a pregnant and parenting teen – my teachers literally told me to drop out.)

Also, teenagers (15+) tend to have very easy pregnancies and births (minus all the stress that comes from being consistently treated like crap and discriminated against).

Most teens don’t want to be parents and we should support their access to prevent pregnancy, but that has nothing to do with how we treat young mothers.

A different kind of Mother’s Day celebrationMake your own...

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:31:44 -0400

A different kind of Mother’s Day celebration

Make your own card at mamasday.org

The vast majority of my living comes from the work I do with…

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storyshare: Read the whole thing here.

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:45:48 -0400

storyshare:

Read the whole thing here.