I've had a lot to think about the Theresa Erickson baby selling scandal since my post Wednesday. I realize the power of my words: I've had several colleagues in this field say as much to me. We are all still raw with emotion. With a few more days to process, including the variety … Read More »
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Betraying the Community: My Response to the Theresa Erickson Scandal
What do you do when you learn that someone you respected had violated your trust, had betrayed not only you, but your entire community? . . . I had only a few minutes to do a quick scan of Facebook this afternoon at work, as we are in the thick of staff training for the month … Read More »
For Gil, Who Introduced Me to Blogging
In making the big move over to WordPress, I wanted to take a minute to thank the woman who introduced me to blogging. Before there was Mel's ALI Blogroll, before there was The SITS Girls, before my video, before meeting and getting to connect with so many of you, before all of … Read More »
Tweeting About My Twat: Where Social Media and TMI Awkwardly Collide
I have always been particularly comfortable with all things vagina. I use the word casually, even in conversation with my friends. It's probably because I've performed in The Vagina Monologues five times, so I've built a certain familiarity and comfort with the word others may … Read More »
Do you accept your infertility?
It's a loaded question, for sure.Here's another: if you could go back in time and wave a magic wand, would you take away your diagnosis? What if you could wave a magic wand right now and just like that, your infertility was gone?Of course, we can't wave a magic wand or travel … Read More »
Unnatural Act, Unspeakable Crime
To kill your own child: it's literally a crime against nature. Granted, some biologists might argue that it's perfectly in line with nature, as there are several species that kill and even eat their own offspring. But this is one of those times that for all of our animal … Read More »
Have you voted for RESOLVE’s Best Blog yet?
It's hard to believe it's that time of year again... RESOLVE has announced their 2011 Night of Hope Awardees and Nominees for Best Book and Best Blog! Now it's up to the blogosphere to vote for the winners. The Best Blog nominations came from this year's National Infertility … Read More »
Feminism is Not a Four-Letter Word
Whether I call myself a women's health advocate or Vagina Warrior, it boils down to this:I'm a feminist.(Shocker.)What a loaded word, right? Images of unshaven armpits, gross looking white-girl dreads, floppy bra-less boobs, a man-hating smirk on my face, my fist raised in the … Read More »
Blog Tour of Inspired Reading: The Red Tent
Today's post is in conjunction with the Blog-A-Licious Blog Tour: a fantastic blog hop that brings together bloggers of all genres, backgrounds and locations. In today's hop, the blog featured before mine is Karen's But I Digress. The blog featured after me is the … Read More »
A Fathers’ Day Twitterview with RESOLVE & “I Want to Be a Daddy”
As I mentioned yesterday, even though it's Men's Health Week, we don't often hear the male side of the infertility journey. With Fathers' Day just around the corner, this is especially timely. There are a few elusive male voices out there (emphasis on the few). But the guys who … Read More »
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