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
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.
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 MHeket on 12 June, 2016
attachment parenting, babies, birth practices, caesareans, capitalism, challenging perceptions, compassion, critical thinking, healing, health, maternity system, sociological perspectives, unrealistic expectations, validating experiences, VBAC
Birth, Birth Trauma

Birth matters to women. Not because they have unrealistic expectations, or are selfish. It matters because some moments in life are important to us. I know this because I am the mother of an adult.
By MHeket on 11 June, 2016
attachment parenting, challenging perceptions, feminism, men, mothering, rape, teens, validating experiences, violence, women's rights
Feminism, Violence Against Women

What Brock The Rapist Turner reminded us us about rape culture. A rapist is a rapist and we’d like to measure the victims skirt in front of the jury. Rape culture is a sickness with no cure in sight.
By MHeket on 6 May, 2016
autonomy, babies, birth practices, challenging perceptions, maternity system, mothering, patriarchy, unrealistic expectations, validating experiences, VBAC, women's rights
Birth, Birth Trauma

We need to decide once and for all whether birth is a dangerous event or not. If we decide that birth is indeed dangerous, then we need to stop the denial of birth trauma once and for all!
By MHeket on 16 April, 2016
attachment parenting, babies, birth practices, caesareans, challenging perceptions, compassion, critical thinking, maternity system, mothering, sociological perspectives, support, unrealistic expectations, validating experiences, VBAC
Birth, Birth Trauma

Women want to welcome their babies with love and joy but when this doesn’t eventuate they often feel terrible guilt. What mothers need to know is that the rush of love, is actually a rush of hormones.
By MHeket on 10 April, 2016
attachment parenting, breastmilk, critical thinking, feminism, men, sociological perspectives, validating experiences
Breastfeeding, Mothering

Ever wondered why breastfeeding images are removed from Facebook, but not commentary that is violent? Wonder no more! Facebook is employing ISIS to moderate the posts naughty women make and share.
By MHeket on 3 April, 2016
babies, birth practices, caesareans, capitalism, challenging perceptions, critical thinking, validating experiences, women's rights
Birth, Birth Revolution

Did you know that it’s caesarean awareness month? It’s time to raise awareness about the many stories of women who gave birth in an operating theatre, and the many who die because they can’t.
By Catherine Bell on 3 April, 2016
attachment parenting, beauty, capitalism, challenging perceptions, critical thinking, feminism, validating experiences
Feminism, Social Analysis

I dared to defy nipple ‘community standards’ as imposed by Facebook: The real ‘nipple nazi’. Just as the famous Seinfeld ‘soup nazi’ denied those who ignored protocol, the ‘Facebook nipple nazi’ denies you. I have been reprimanded and reminded of ‘my place’. Facebook is a free ‘service’ after all, and one must be grateful for […]