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Body Dysphoria in Anorexia and Transgenderism

By MHeket on 14 April, 2017 attachment parenting, autonomy, beauty, challenging perceptions, critical thinking, dysphoria, eating disorders, feminism, mothering, support, transgender Feminism, Feminist Thought, Health, Personal Journeys, Teens

People are desperate to separate the body dysphoria that transgender teens display from the dysphoria that teens with an eating disorder display. Are they really so different? Maybe, but maybe not.

Eating Disorders: The Early Signs You Could Miss

By MHeket on 28 August, 2016 challenging perceptions, child safety, critical thinking, intuition, teens, unrealistic expectations, validating experiences Health, Mothering, Teens

Eating disorders are a mental illness. They have the highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses. Frighteningly if weight loss is apparent, the sufferer is well and truly in the grips of it already

It’s Not Up To Us To Ban The Burka

By MHeket on 21 August, 2016 critical thinking, feminism, men, sociological perspectives, stop blaming women, unrealistic expectations, women's rights Feminism, Feminist Thought

The cry to ban the burka is always popular. Some claim it’s for safety reasons, others for the liberation of women, but is either argument realistic? Or will a ban simply lead to more oppression.

Stop! Don’t Share That Caesarean Video

By MHeket on 10 August, 2016 birth practices, caesareans, challenging perceptions, critical thinking, maternity system, medical intervention, obstetrics, validating experiences, VBAC Birth, Birth Trauma, Hospital Birth, Men at Birth, VBAC

Have you seen a “natural” caesarean video recently? Have you been thinking that maybe it could be helpful to your friend that had a caesarean? Be careful, because it might just upset them instead.

Regulating Obstetrics Like We regulate Midwifery?

By MHeket on 4 August, 2016 birth practices, caesareans, capitalism, challenging perceptions, child safety, critical thinking, mothers, obstetrics, VBAC, women's rights Birth, Birth Revolution, Birth Trauma, Freebirth, Homebirth, Hospital Birth, VBAC

Who regulates obstetrics? Obstetricians themselves. Who regulates midwifery? Obstetricians! In what other practice would this be seen as anything less than a serious conflict of interests? NONE!

Natural Caesareans – When Buzz Words Fail

By MHeket on 27 July, 2016 attachment parenting, babies, birth practices, caesareans, challenging perceptions, child safety, critical thinking, feminism, health, intervention, maternity system, medical intervention, obstetrics, VBAC, women's rights Birth, Birth Revolution

Whenever possible, caesareans should be calm and respectful, but let’s not kid ourselves that they can ever be natural. Dentures, pacemakers, hip replacements, and caesareans are MEDICAL, not natural.

Virginity – It’s Not Actually A Thing

By MHeket on 25 July, 2016 beauty, capitalism, challenging perceptions, compassion, critical thinking, feminism, healing, unrealistic expectations, women's rights Feminism, Feminist Thought, Social Analysis

Virginity is either a prized possession or something to be rid of in a hurry. Or maybe virginity isn’t actually a thing, maybe whether you’ve had sex or not has no impact on who you are as a human.

Can you fail at breastfeeding?

By Lizzie Carroll on 5 July, 2016 attachment parenting, babies, birth practices, capitalism, critical thinking, feminism, mothers, support, validating experiences Babies, Mothering

Can you really FAIL at breastfeeding? Perhaps fail isn’t the right word when we take a close look at the formula culture we live in. Society FAILS to support loving mothers, mothers do their best!

By All Means Love Yourself, But It Won’t Fix Anything.

By MHeket on 27 June, 2016 autonomy, balancing partnerships, beauty, capitalism, challenging perceptions, critical thinking, porn, racism, self care, sociological perspectives, stop blaming women, unrealistic expectations, women's rights Feminism, Feminist Thought

Love yourself. It will solve all your problems …. or will it. How on earth will loving yourself make other people treat you well? What utter nonsense is this!? Don’t be fooled, just be angry!

Sorry, But You Can’t Unschool On The Weekend

By MHeket on 26 June, 2016 attachment parenting, autonomy, challenging perceptions, critical thinking, mothering, unschooling Mothering, Unschooling

Unschooling is a lifestyle, a philosophy based on life without school. You can do all sorts of stuff on the weekend, but it’s not unschooling. You can’t unschool unless you are 100% school free.

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