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tastefullyoffensive

floppy-unicorn

Finally, a doctor we can trust.

sanikasplace

grumpy-disabled-feminist

Damn good.

i-was-a-naive--antifeminist

Obstetric violence is institutional violence. Break the silence.

shinigami-rn-blog

This BURNS me up. As my title states, Hospice is like birth but in the reverse direction. So why the everloving hell, when I get to dim the lights, play music, make people comfortable, honor their values, and try to make every day as good as possible on the exit, would L&D condone sexual violence (yes it is) to be committed on what Society forces women to refer to as “the happiest day of my life - the day my child was born”? Do we hate women this much, to willfully and unnecessarily mutilate, *and then claim to have done it for their well-being*?

This. Cannot. Continue.

But - on a more hopeful note. One of my classmates from nursing school - “Mandoula” - beautifully advocated for his laboring wife, and pretty much had to fight off aggressive interventions, in a hospital that was so accustomed to medically extracting babies with no regard for the woman’s body. He is a gentle, soft-spoken man, who needed to protect his wife from doctors who yes, tried to bully them. It shouldn’t have been so hard for her to have a good birth. If I had to fight this hard for every good death…..well, shit.

I haven’t spoken to him in quite a while, but I hear he is training L&D nurses. And this makes me so, so happy.

blackfeminismlives

This is why we doula.

hospitalglam

The #HospitalGlam selfie movement helps those enduring regular medical treatments take control over their bodies.

So many of you are featured in here <3

meloetta

*wakes up* alright what the fuck

It's like my body thinks if I throw up it will get all the awful feelings I have out along with everything I ate the past few days.

did-you-know

“No matter how many times they call me ‘thunder thighs,’ I’ll never be ashamed of my body… Loving my body has really given me the greatest satisfaction of all.”

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vaguelycoolgrey-deactivated2016

I can dead be sobbing in front of you with a broken heart and I’ll still crack a joke

digbicks

Softly Lit Portraits Of Women, Piotr Czyz

qta3

humansofnewyork

“The kids have moved out. It’s like we were in a routine for twenty-five years, and now it’s come to an end. Suddenly it’s just the two of us. There’s nothing else to focus on. It’s been a rediscovery process. So we just bought some hiking backpacks. We’re going travel the world, and we’re not planning ahead.”