{"id":640,"date":"2008-07-03T21:57:25","date_gmt":"2008-07-03T19:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fia.pimienta.org\/weblog\/?p=640"},"modified":"2008-07-03T21:58:43","modified_gmt":"2008-07-03T19:58:43","slug":"feminist-midwifery-zine-call-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fia.pimienta.org\/weblog\/?p=640","title":{"rendered":"Feminist Midwifery Zine call out"},"content":{"rendered":"

A feminist midwifery \u2018zine\u2019:<\/strong>
\nIs midwifery a feminist issue? How do feminists practice midwifery? What are feminists currently thinking about childbearing? What do feminists think about midwives?<\/p>\n

This is a \u2018call out\u2019 to feminists who would like to contribute to an upcoming \u2018zine\u2019 about feminism, midwifery, pregnancy and birthing. A \u2018zine\u2019 is an informally published \/ DIY magazine. If you\u2019ve never seen one then imagine a cross between a leaflet for a local jumble sale, a comic and a text book.<\/p>\n

This particular zine will be distributed free or for donations \u2013 via free PDF documents and cheap printed copies\u2026 contributors will retain original copyright but agree for \u2018copy-left\u2019. This means anyone is welcome to copy the zine as long as it\u2019s not for profit and says where the info comes from.<\/p>\n

[*Contributions deadline – first draft = 30th August 2008]<\/p>\n

You can contribute anything printable to the zine \u2013 writing, rants, poems, cartoons, drawings, photos, quizzes and crosswords, origami birth plans, cut out and keep guide to your womb, birth in the NHS self defence tip cards\u2026 anything flat!<\/p>\n

Please think about making your writing understandable to a wide audience \u2013 how you write is up to you, but it might be useful to avoid midwifery jargon or writing in a very academic style.<\/p>\n

We are interested in the views of student and qualified midwives; doulas; mums and other parents; birth activists and feminist health folk \u2013 if you don\u2019t want to use your name you\u2019re welcome to use a nickname.<\/p>\n

Some ideas so far\u2026feminist midwifery: birth without borders? – refugee women birthing in the NHS; queer parenting; freebirthing; trans-men birthing; techno-birth \u2018v\u2019 ecofeminism; independent midwifery radical or elitist?; dykes midwives and homosexual panic; earth-mother consumerism; birth as power; birth crisis and birth trauma; sexuality and breastfeeding; dads in the labour room; babybonding \u2013 myth and reality; Where are the male midwives?; midwifery, horizontal violence and sexism\u2026 <\/p>\n

Please contact Mannion or Rachel Feminista at:<\/p>\n

feministas [at] riseup [dot] net<\/p>\n

or join the Feminist Activist Forum [FAF] media list (to discuss the zine or join in editing) \u2013 follow this link to subscribe<\/p>\n

https:\/\/lists.riseup.net\/www\/info\/fafmedia
\n
\nBackground (not sure where to start?): <\/strong><\/p>\n

FAF – http:\/\/www.feministactivistforum.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

you might like to check out the \u2018forum\u2019 on Student Midwifes Sanctuary [there is a feminist midwifery thread in the \u2018Debate and Discussion\u2019 section]<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.studentmidwives.co.uk<\/a>
\n
\nMidwifery campaigns:<\/strong><\/p>\n

One Woman One Midwife – http:\/\/www.onemotheronemidwife.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Save Independent Midwifery – http:\/\/www.saveindependentmidwifery.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Business of Being Born [US based film] – http:\/\/www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Midwifery Organisations:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Association of Radical Midwives – http:\/\/www.radmid.demon.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Association for Improvement in Maternity Services – http:\/\/www.aims.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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