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You Might be a Counterculture Mama if . . . .
Are you a counterculture mama? I‘ve never considered myself strange. In fact, I’ve always just wanted to be normal and mainstream. But after having a twitter converstation with @TheLeakyBoob about the...
View ArticleSunday Surf: The Feminist Breeder, RIE, VBAC, and Vaccinations
I told my family he’d wean before college. I was right. Another hilarious and empowering article from The Feminist Breeder. Yes, some people think extended breastfeeding (really, nursing a 2yo is...
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Natural Parenting without fear
Are your natural parenting decisions motivated by fear or love? What motivates your decision-making? Stop, and think for a minute. As parents we make thousands (probably millions!) of decisions for...
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Mothering My Way
toddler crafting Somewhere between toddlerhood and preschool I realized I wasn’t the kind of mother who liked to craft. I had visions of myself spending hours on the floor with my boys, playing with...
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Four surprising vaccination statistics you haven’t heard before
Here’s a quiz on infectious disease in the 20th century United States: 1. What percentage of the population died from measles in the years immediately before the measles vaccination was introduced? a)...
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4 (Mostly) Reliable Sources for Vaccine Information
vaccination information The more I write about vaccination, the more I realize how hard it is to do vaccination research. There are very few books and sites that offer the full truth about infectious...
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Inflammation and autism are linked, and it starts in the womb
I was surprised to see an opinion piece in the NY Times Sunday Review that links Immune Disorders (read: inflammation) and Autism. The author of the piece, Moises Velasquez-Manoff, wrote a book called...
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New Gardasil study tells us absolutely nothing about the HPV vaccine’s safety
Reading this article on NBC News is a *headdesk* moment for me. The study included nearly 200,000 girls who received at least one dose of the quadrivalent HPV vaccine, known as Gardasil, which is...
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Why I’m not enamored with “science”
According to Sesame Street, all you have to do to be a scientist is 1) ask questions and 2) investigate. Of course, if you ask someone on the street what you have to do to be a scientist, they will...
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