As a person who has been institutionalized, I am surprisingly okay with this kind of entertainment. Read more
The Complicated Ethics Of Asylum-Themed Halloween Attractions
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How A Midwife ‘Witch Hunt’ Is Hurting Women’s Choices In Childbirth
“The number of cesarean sections hovered around 30 percent most days, well above the World Health Organization recommendation of 10 to 15 percent, but some days it was 75 percent. I saw women bullied into epidurals by their nurses, who would tell them, ‘You will never get through this without one.’ And special, extraordinary scorn was reserved for women who chose to have a home birth. ‘Crazy,’ ‘irresponsible’ and ‘child abuse’ were terms I heard in the staff break room.” Read more
Stop Telling Women To ‘Stay Hot’ For Their Husbands
When dozens of women express some variation of “WTF did I just read?!” while sharing an article on social media, it’s a guarantee that some media outlet has successfully played us. I call such controversial pieces “Clickbait Crimes” — the result of media outlets intentionally publishing exploitative, bigoted, or sensationalistic content to generate outraged eyeballs for advertisers. Read more