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Film Project: No Abortion Without Access
I’m currently working on a short film about the lack of access to abortion services here in Grand Junction, Colorado. It’s based on the experiences of local women who have had to drive ridiculous...
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Becoming an Abortion Doula…kinda…
I had fantasized in the past, years ago, about using my doula skills to support women facing crisis pregnancies as well as pleasant ones–to support women who are planning abortions, as well as women...
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Am I a mama, or an activist, or can I be both?
The days leading up to this past weekend were marked by a ridiculous level of personal turmoil for me, around an issue that on the surface doesn’t seem to be of immense importance. But for me, I felt...
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The Doula Project is Recruiting!
The Doula Project (the first-ever organization for full-spectrum doula care, including abortion doulas and adoption doulas) is recruiting volunteer doulas in the NYC area! The Doula Project is a...
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Announcing the Full Spectrum Doula Network!
There are unique challenges to being pro-choice, feminist, queer, or a person of color in a doula world that is predominantly none of those things. FullSpectrumDoulas.com seeks to change that! This...
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Beginning a Thesis on Full Spectrum Doulas
It’s 2am and I’m huddled in a blanket in my basement, typing furiously with my computer setup on my laundry table and the noise of the furnace blasting in my ear. And I’m excited. I think I need a...
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this is THE conference to be at. see you there!
The annual conference ‘From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom’ is the closest thing to a major radical reproductive rights conference out there. I...
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Congresswoman Shares her Abortion Story on the Congressional Floor
Yesterday California representative Jackie Speier stood up in front of a (very large, very powerful) room full of (primarily upper-class, white, male) political leaders and television cameras, and...
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Call for Research Participants: Full Spectrum & Radical Doulas
Below is my call for participants for an ethnographic research project on full spectrum doulas and radical doulas. For more info or to participate, contact laurel@cuntastic.org or (970) 210-7156....
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Rolling Our Eyes Won’t Cut it this Time. Stand with Planned Parenthood.
I’m embarrassed. By my country, my government, my fellow human folks. I’ve sat here quietly while all this de-fund-Planned-Parenthood nonsense has gone on, hoping it was just one more instance of...
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Robbie Davis-Floyd on Abortion Doulas
My recent interview with reproductive anthropologist Robbie Davis-Floyd appears in the current issue of SQUAT Birth Journal, and in it Robbie addresses the intersections of abortion, midwifery and...
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Two Years After the Murder of Dr. George Tiller, Doulas are Standing Up for...
As I reflect on the fact that today marks two years since the murder of Dr. George Tiller, I’m proud of what we’ve done in that time. In the two years since women lost access to the abortion care...
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New Directory of Full Spectrum Doula Groups
As the full spectrum doula movement continues to grow and evolve, more and more groups are sprouting up across the U.S. I’ve added a new page to the CUNTastic Blog, which lists a description and...
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Spectrum Doula Collective in Piedmont Triangle, NC is Recruiting Volunteer...
Are you a North Carolinian who supports every woman’s right to reproductive freedom? Consider joining forces with Spectrum Doula Collective. These great folks provide compassionate doula care to any...
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What’s an Abortion Buddy?
What’s an Abortion Buddy? It’s a friend or acquaintance who you can ALWAYS talk about abortion with. Someone who doesn’t get all jumpity when the subject comes up–and who actually, instead, is excited...
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