Okay, I will concede that AITA reveals previously unplumbed Things In Woodsheds.... that I think might boggle even Aunt Ada Doom.
But honestly, this one. He asked me if him and his girlfriend could use my house to give birth at. I didn't even know what he was getting at at first but he explained to me that their apartment doesn't have a bathtub, is ( Read more... )

And people actually sign on for it.
Intimate data: can a person who tracks their steps, sleep and food ever truly be free?: 'Big tech now encourages us to monitor everything from our heart rate to our glucose levels via smartphones and watches. How much privacy have we lost to the promise of self improvement - and is it time to stop?'
How about we ( Read more... )

The longform patriarchs, and their accomplices: Beyond the white male canon: Bernardine Evaristo’s New Statesman/Goldsmiths Prize Lecture offers a manifesto for the creation of a new, inclusive literary landscape: This essay notes that novels by women and about women are often demeaned by the longform patriarchs and their accomplices, as “domestic ( Read more... )

Thank You for Not Eating Your Placenta.
Okay, I came through the 70s, I knew this was a hippy-type thing, making a lovely placenta-stew after childbirth -
And that article makes me think, gosh, I actually know that one of the things the placenta does is act as as a barrier to prevent various pathogens and whatnot getting to the foetus, because ( Read more... )

Lately spotted in The Observer:
Shock! Horror!! The National Childbirth Trust is now run by a man!!!
I might be all about the woezery myself, did I not know (I R archivist, I haz knowingz) that the NCT was specifically set up to promulgate the doctrine of Natural Childbirth as detailed in the works of Grantly Dick Read.
Who was, my dearios, A MAN ( Read more... )

- to look at this and go 'yay! back to the C17th!'
According to a survey, twentysomethings’ appetite for sharing every aspect of their lives has made it on to the labour ward, with eight family members and friends in attendance at each birth.
Bring on the caudle, gossips! This entry was originally posted at http://oursin.dreamwidth.org/2313066. ( Read more... )