“The time has come to tell the truth. Again. There is no love without justice...”
Interrelations between Race Maternal and Infant Health
"Stress during pregnancy is linked with things like high blood pressure and low infant birth weight." The statistics about the connections between stress, race, and maternal health can be found in this research summary put out by a group of maternal health advocacy organizations. It pulls from thirty different studies of maternal health.
Miriam Zoila Pérez investigates how race and gender affect health -- and the people who create spaces for healing.
Lies We Tell Pregnant Women
An examination of Women, Sex and Systems of Power.
"When we tell women that sex isn't worth the risk during pregnancy, what we're telling her is that her sexual pleasure doesn't matter ... that she, in fact, doesn't matter.”
Sofia Jawed-Wessel's teachings utilize a sex-positive and pleasure-inclusive approach to providing medically accurate, comprehensive sexuality education.
What we learn before we are born
Pop quiz:
When does learning begin?
Answer: Before we are born. Science writer Annie Murphy Paul talks through new research that shows how much we learn in the womb -- from the lilt of our native language to our soon-to-be-favorite foods.
Anne Murphy Paul investigates how life in the womb shapes who we become.
Birth and Family Support Resources
“What you think you become. What you feel you attract. What you imagine you create. ”