Keep going, you got this! Our team of crisis responders is here for you 24/7. Young people text TALK to 686868 and adults text WELLNESS to 741741.
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Last week disturbing submissions in court. Woman alleges horrific incidents at #yeg Remand Centre: Using socks as tampon/no toilet paper and having to wash with feces contaminated water/Male staff having access to view her in cell w/o notice or consent. Happy ERC investigating
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Shout out to precariously employed dream-chasers trying to find a rhythm between contracts to self-actualize their desire to create and tell stories. I am as exhausted as you are. But I am thankful that, just like me, you are doing the damn thing in spite of it all.
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Yourkavitch: My critique is not about pumps - a pump is a tool. It is about a law that pushes pumping as the only support for lactation while you are working. #BFfem18
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FossL implications for the rest of us. Pay attention to the messages in children's books & parenting books. Share our positive experiences on #SM and YouTube (but disable the comments) and share positive examples. #BFfem18
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Yourkavitch: For non-working women, regular pumpers were twice as likely to stop BMF early and they were less likely to achieve their BMF intentions than occasional/non-pumpers. #BFfem18
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From the floor: Indigenous birth worker, CLC and mother @Acudoula speaks about coming back into her culture, and the discomfort of not being an automatic ally. "I had to earn that title." #BFfem18
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Sulivan: do the work, step outside of yourself, check implicit bias, no such thing as "reverse racism," use strengths/opportunities to lift colleagues of colour doing the work; step back, you are not a saviour, struggling in this space is ok, take a step forward & commit #BFfem18
Hirut Melaku @justbreastfed on Unpacking Emergency Response from 2017: Infant Feeding & Maternal Health in Canada and Puerto Rico #BFfem18
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So tired of hearing “I don’t know what I did, that’s just who I am”. Are you kidding me? Do we need to revisit what #sexualassault is? You don’t get to hug and kiss whoever you want. #consent m.metronews.ca/#/article/new…
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Today is National Child Day. Wear blue and show your support! Learn more: nationalchildday.ca. #OCYA #NCD2017 #RightToBeSafe
Music as medicine: @BuffySteMarie talks politics, sex scandals and her brand new album buff.ly/2mBSRdX
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