For a body that had returned to episodes of violence over and over and over again, it was the first time in my adult life that I was producing something — anything — that might be restorative, and I could feel the change. Read more
Racism During Prenatal Visits isn’t a topic covered in any of the popular pregnancy books so I scoured the internet for people who could relate beyond peer-reviewed articles and academic texts about the intersections between institutional racism and the medical industrial complex. Read more
It takes a complicated issue and boils the solution down to three words: Have More Babies. It places the blame squarely on a certain type of woman. You know, those ambitious bitches who don’t value family, who insist on having jobs or not getting married or using contraception. Read more
“Women are categorically neglected, forgotten about, and the fact we have no systemic data on pregnancy in prison reflects that.” Read more
No matter how angry I am at this body that has betrayed me, no matter how much I hate it for taking my baby from me, I can’t hurt it anymore. Read more
Getting pregnant wasn’t a race against time, it was a race against mind. Read more
Getting pregnant wasn’t a race against time, it was a race against mind. Read more
Patients have many treatment options after a miscarriage — so why do doctors keep using the most invasive one? Read more
Women are dim-witted fools who will cotton on to anything shiny because they are too dumb to know the difference between fantasy and reality. Read more
I worry that there is an overabundance of focus on sperm donation to queer parents, and not enough on the folks raising the children. Read more
