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	<description>a feminist look at pregnancy, birth, fertility, contraception, plus assorted other topics</description>
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		<title>Pink for Girls, Blue for Boys. Also, Ballerinas, Monster Trucks, Barbies, Gendered Lego, etc.</title>
		<link>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2011/08/09/pink-for-girls-blue-for-boys-also-ballerinas-monster-trucks-barbies-gendered-lego-etc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I have pontificated testily in the past, if there are inherent differences between boys and girls, we don&#8217;t really know what they are, and where differences between genders do exist they are small, and significantly dwarfed by the difference within a gender. In fact, as regards social behaviour, I would contend that it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gender, toddlers, me pontificating testily</title>
		<link>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2011/04/14/gender-toddlers-me-pontificating-testily/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 07:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wouldn&#8217;t it be nice if I had the time or energy to write a big long post about this and my thoughts thereon? I mean, it would if you like reading the posts I write when I write like that, I suppose. Supposing you don&#8217;t, I&#8217;d keep it to yourself &#8211; I hardly need more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homophobia</title>
		<link>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2010/05/27/homophobia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 14:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not American, I&#8217;m Canadian, so that means that I live in a country with an integrated military, at least as regards sexualities. Heck, I play in a queer* concert band, and we played a joint concert called &#8220;Sounds Like Freedom&#8221; with the local army band ten years ago, in part because our conductor was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birth and Breastfeeding in Season 1 of Lost</title>
		<link>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2010/05/20/birth-and-baby-in-season-1-of-lost/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2010/05/20/birth-and-baby-in-season-1-of-lost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 20:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There will, of course, be spoilers for Season 1, which is all I&#8217;ve watched so far. This is a warning re: such, and I&#8217;d really really appreciate it if you didn&#8217;t comment with spoilers for seasons *past* Season 1. Any such spoilers will a) make me all angry and annoyed, and b) not be approved. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feminism and birth, said better than I could ever say it</title>
		<link>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2010/05/18/feminism-and-birth-said-better-than-i-could-ever-say-it/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2010/05/18/feminism-and-birth-said-better-than-i-could-ever-say-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 21:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When changing birth culture meets fighting rape culture &#8211; Spilt Milk gets this so right and says it so clearly. This is a must read. In particular, this is the part that really got my attention: When a woman has a hand or an instrument inserted into her vagina whilst she screams and thrashes out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cutting the Genitals of Children, Part 1</title>
		<link>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2010/05/17/cutting-the-genitals-of-children-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2010/05/17/cutting-the-genitals-of-children-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 07:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I committed to writing a post a week for the month of May on the above topic, because I attended a session called Social Media, Social Justice at the Northern Voice 2010 conference, and we were asked to make a concrete commitment in some area of social justice that was near and dear to us. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9th Carnival of Feminist Parenting is up!</title>
		<link>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2010/02/15/9th-carnival-of-feminist-parenting-is-up/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2010/02/15/9th-carnival-of-feminist-parenting-is-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over at Mothers for Women&#8217;s Lib. Check it out!]]></description>
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		<title>Links links and more links from your lackadaisical and unloquacious blogger</title>
		<link>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2010/02/06/links-links-and-more-links-from-your-lackadaisical-and-unloquacious-blogger/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2010/02/06/links-links-and-more-links-from-your-lackadaisical-and-unloquacious-blogger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cult of Mommon over at Letters from Gehenna. In general, read the whole post, but in particular, this bit: The &#8220;gift&#8221; of motherhood is a trap, simultaneously erasing investment and effort and commitment and choice and dedication and making it unconscionable to express displeasure, talk about issues, have postpartum depression, express a realistic picture of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Found in the 1969 Edition of the &#8220;Textbook for Midwives&#8221; by Margaret F. Myles</title>
		<link>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2010/01/28/found-in-the-1969-edition-of-the-textbook-for-midwives-by-margaret-f-myles/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2010/01/28/found-in-the-1969-edition-of-the-textbook-for-midwives-by-margaret-f-myles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When to Bear DownThe woman may be told to &#8220;push&#8221; when the presenting part appears at the vulva; to do so before then incurs the risk of the os not being fully dilated. The natural urge to &#8220;bear down&#8221; is experienced by the woman when the presenting part reaches the pelvic floor, so then would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The system is broken if it doesn&#8217;t leave people whole &#8211; Part 5</title>
		<link>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2010/01/23/the-system-is-broken-if-it-doesnt-leave-people-whole-part-5/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2010/01/23/the-system-is-broken-if-it-doesnt-leave-people-whole-part-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 09:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Previous: Part 1: I maunder on about my experiences as a doula Part 2: Statistics Part 3: Illustrative Non-Fiction Part 4: The more things don&#8217;t change But then, I&#8217;m kind of an optimist. Or perhaps the better word would be idealist, although I think we are wrong as a society to say &#8220;idealist&#8221; with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The system is broken if it doesn&#8217;t leave people whole &#8211; Part 4</title>
		<link>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2010/01/23/the-system-is-broken-if-it-doesnt-leave-people-whole-part-4/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2010/01/23/the-system-is-broken-if-it-doesnt-leave-people-whole-part-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Previously: Part 1: I maunder on about my experiences as a doula Part 2: Statistics Part 3: Illustrative Non-Fiction I didn&#8217;t stop being interested. I hung around with a lot of unassisted birthers online. I didn&#8217;t stop reading or following research. The evidence for less interventions or for only appropriate usage of interventions keeps piling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The system is broken if it doesn&#8217;t leave people whole &#8211; Part 3</title>
		<link>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2010/01/22/the-system-is-broken-if-it-doesnt-leave-people-whole-part-3/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2010/01/22/the-system-is-broken-if-it-doesnt-leave-people-whole-part-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Previously: Part 1: I maunder on about my experiences as a doula Part 2: Statistics The last birth I went to as a doula was for an aboriginal woman and her husband who had been referred by a friend of a friend. I met them, literally, outside the hospital&#8217;s door when they were going in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The system is broken if it doesn&#8217;t leave people whole &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2010/01/22/the-system-is-broken-if-it-doesnt-leave-people-whole-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2010/01/22/the-system-is-broken-if-it-doesnt-leave-people-whole-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Previously: Part 1: I maunder on about my experiences as a doula I&#8217;m making this all sound a little grim, that&#8217;s because it is a grim business and the statistics bear that out. In British Columbia, where I live, the current c-section rate is over 30%. It&#8217;s not a stretch to suggest that for every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The system is broken if it doesn&#8217;t leave people whole &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2010/01/22/the-system-is-broken-if-it-doesnt-leave-people-whole-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2010/01/22/the-system-is-broken-if-it-doesnt-leave-people-whole-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The medical model of childbirth. Don&#8217;t doubt that it is broken, perhaps from the very beginning, right to the core. When I was just getting started with this birthing thing I was pretty enthusiastic. I did a lot of reading. I wrote optimistic essays about birthing choices for my shockingly bad website. I tried to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s not forget who actually delivered the baby</title>
		<link>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2009/11/22/lets-not-forget-who-actually-delivered-the-baby/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.birthcycle.com/2009/11/22/lets-not-forget-who-actually-delivered-the-baby/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saw coverage on the news of a super fast unintended homebirth (17 minutes post-911 call), attended at the last moment by a police officer who lived in the neighborhood. The coverage took the tack that this sort of coverage always seems to take: Police Officer Delivers Baby! It is her first delivery! The police officer [...]]]></description>
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