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Alison Iven 9/5/18 Alison Iven 9/5/18

What I read Sept 4

  • BRINGING MONTESSORI TO THE PUBLIC, the kavanaugh report
  • My Children Were Denied Passports Because They Were Delivered by a Midwife, NY Times
  • That Black Box Warning on Vitamin K Shots, Keep Kids Healthy
  • How to Read a Package Insert for a Vaccine, Vaxopedia
  • Doula Services Within a Healthy Start Program: Increasing Access for an Underserved Population, Maternal and Child Health Journal (2017) 21 (Suppl 1):S59–S64
  • Unless It Changes, Capitalism Will Starve Humanity By 2050, Forbes
  • Asperger’s Disorder Symptoms, PsychCentral
  • A Powerful Identity, a Vanishing Diagnosis, NY Times
  • No Remorse for Aggressive Behavior, janet lansbury
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Alison Iven 9/4/18 Alison Iven 9/4/18

What I read Labor Day weekend (8/31-9/3)

  • Kanye West Paid $85,000 to Use Photo of Whitney Houston’s Drug-Strewn Bathroom on Pusha T Album Cover, Variety
  • afropunk defends m.i.a. after black lives matter controversy, id
  • Afropunk doesn’t care about black people: Beyond a t-shirt, Medium
  • The Village Voice Is Officially Dead, Gothamist
  • Why Kids Want Things, The Atlantic
  • A Mother’s Fragmented Identity, NY Times
  • The Gender Divide in Preschoolers’ Closets, NY Times
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Alison Iven 8/31/18 Alison Iven 8/31/18

What I read today August 30

  • Trump Administration Revoking Passports and Deporting Citizens Who Happen to Be Hispanic, NY Mag
  • A NEW BILL AIMS TO IMPROVE BLACK MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES, Mother Mag
  • Sen. Harris Introduces Bill Aimed at Reducing Racial Disparities in Maternal Mortality, KAMALA D. HARRIS
  • Here’s How Kamala Harris’ New Bill Would Address the Racial Gap in Maternal Deaths, Rewire News
  • The Maternity Medical Home: The Chassis for a More Holistic Model of Pregnancy Care?, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
  • Erykah Badu Began an Unforgettable Acceptance Speech by Talking About Her Period, Vanity Fair
  • NYC needs to create its own transit future—and ferries aren’t it, Curbed
  • MOM TALK: TEACHING CONSENT TO MY TODDLER, Mother Mag
  • The Yelp for the Health Equity Movement: An App That Shares Experiences of Bias in Maternal Care, narrative nation
  • Cuomo, Nixon trade barbs over subway, taxes, and more in debate, Curbed
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Alison Iven 8/30/18 Alison Iven 8/30/18

What I read today August 29

  • Your Doula Does Not (and Cannot) Have a VBAC “Success” Rate, blissful birthing westchester ny
  • Learning to Love My Scheduled C-Section, seleni
  • John McCain wanted this statement read after his death, PBS
  • For Many Women, a World Without Abortion Access Is Already Here, Village Voice
  • Over-Prescription of Acid-Suppressing Medications in Infants: How It Came About, Why It’s Wrong, and What to Do About It, Journal of Pediatrics
  • Zephyr Teachout Wants To Be New York’s Top Lawyer. She’s Also Pregnant. But Don’t Let That Overshadow Her Campaign, Time
  • NO-BAKE LEMON POPPY SEED GLAZED DONUT HOLES, Wu Haus
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Alison Iven 8/29/18 Alison Iven 8/29/18

What I read today August 28

  • Bringing Customer Choice to Food Pantries, Gotham Gazette
  • What It’s Like to Be a Doula for Women of Color, The Cut
  • 5 phrases Montessori teachers use to teach self-control, Motherly
  • Exhausted By A Whiny, Cranky Child, janet lansbury
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Alison Iven 8/28/18 Alison Iven 8/28/18

What I read today August 25

  • Should I Flush It? Most Often, the Answer Is No, NY Times
  • The Overprotected Kid, The Atlantic
  • Phones Are Changing the Texture of Family Life, The Atlantic
  • WATCH: Why Your Kid Should Be a Rebel, The Atlantic
  • Pregnant and Addicted to Heroin, The Atlantic
  • America Soured on My Multiracial Family, The Atlantic
  • The Price I’ve Paid for Opposing Donald Trump, National Review
  • Exploring Inwood’s wild shoreline, now threatened by rezoning, Curbed
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Alison Iven 8/27/18 Alison Iven 8/27/18

What I read today August 24

  • SHIFTING MY EXPECTATIONS TOWARD POTTY LEARNING, the kavanaugh report
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Alison Iven 8/24/18 Alison Iven 8/24/18

What I read today August 23

  • Developer Admits Pacific Park Project Will Take Until 2035, The Bridge BK
  • East New York’s WWII-Era Arlington Village Complex Gets a New Look, Brownstoner
  • Loss Doulas Are Helping Families Through Heartbreak, Romper
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Alison Iven 8/23/18 Alison Iven 8/23/18

What I read today August 21

  • How Can the Design Industry Avoid Appropriation?, architectural digest
  • US inmates stage nationwide prison labor strike over 'modern slavery', The Guardian
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Alison Iven 8/21/18 Alison Iven 8/21/18

What I read today August 20

  • Can I wear a head wrap even if I’m not Black?, how not to travel like a basic bitch
  • One Manhattan West’s Mushrooming Steel Reaches Top Floor, Midtown West, YIMBY
  • Developers spent $200K lobbying for Inwood rezoning, Curbed
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Alison Iven 8/20/18 Alison Iven 8/20/18

What I read today August 18-19

  • Why are white people expats when the rest of us are immigrants?, The Guardian
  • The world's largest king penguin colony has collapsed, losing nearly 90 per cent of its population, Vancouver Sun
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Alison Iven 8/18/18 Alison Iven 8/18/18

What I read today August 17

  • Carlos Magdalena is the Plant Messiah, The Planthunter
  • Plant Obsessives Unite!, The Planthunter
  • Erin Lovell Verinder’s passion for plants that heal, The Planthunter
  • When Feminism Is White Supremacy in Heels, Harpers bazaar
  • American Way of Birth, Costliest in the World, NY Times
  • The Costs of Motherhood Are Rising, and Catching Women Off Guard, NY Times
  • Serena Williams Opens Up About Her Complicated Comeback, Motherhood And Making Time to Be Selfish, Time
  • VIDEO: Ancient Song Doula Services
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Alison Iven 8/17/18 Alison Iven 8/17/18

What I read today August 16

  • The Ups and Downs of Being a Canal Lockmaster, Atlas Obscura
  • Aretha Franklin, The Undisputed ‘Queen Of Soul,’ Dead At 76, Huffington Post
  • A new birth control app has been approved by the FDA, Motherly
  • There Is a Hidden Epidemic of Doctors Abusing Women in Labor, Doulas Say, Broadly
  • MOM SUES FOR BAIT & SWITCH IN MATERNITY CARE, Birth Monopoly
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Alison Iven 8/16/18 Alison Iven 8/16/18

What I read today August 15

  • Our Child Sized Kitchen: A history, Our Montessori Life
  • Our Montessori Home: In the kitchen, Our Montessori Life
  • Montessori Kids in the Kitchen, The Montessori Notebook
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Alison Iven 8/15/18 Alison Iven 8/15/18

What I read today August 14

  • In the Future, I'm Fat, Broadly
  • The Image of American Hyperbole, The New Yorker
  • Tattooing in the Civil War Was a Hedge Against Anonymous Death, Atlas Obscura
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Alison Iven 8/14/18 Alison Iven 8/14/18

What I read today August 13

  • 10 MINUTES WITH GUS AT 20 MONTHS -- MONTESSORI YOUNG TODDLER WEEK 36, the kavanaugh report
  • Everyone Cares About Pregnancy Discrimination, The Atlantic
  • The Challenge of Finding Homes for Rural America’s Foster Children, The Atlantic
  • GROWING UP JOBS, Vanity Fair
  • The Age That Women Have Babies: How a Gap Divides America, NY Times
  • Should you raise your kids religious? Here’s what the science says, Quartz
  • Tina Knowles Lawson on Her Black Art Collection, Beyoncé, Solange, and Creativity, Vanity Fair
  • The Doctor Doesn’t Listen to Her. But the Media Is Starting To., The Atlantic
  • He Spoke for the Tree. Then He Got Fired., NY Times
  • Rebranding Motherhood, NY Times
  • Dad Feels Undermined and Defeated by Partner’s Lack of Limits, janet lansbury
  • Confessions of a Pushover Parent (And How I Turned This Around), janet lansbury
  • The Oral History of Four Loko in New York, Grub Street
  • Voting Rights Advocates Used to Have an Ally in the Government. That’s Changing., NY Times
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Alison Iven 8/13/18 Alison Iven 8/13/18

What I read today August 8

  • THOUGHTS ON COLOR LEARNING AND EASY DIY COLOR MIXING FOR TODDLERS, the kavanaugh report
  • The Real Reason There Aren’t Enough Teachers Of Color, Huffington Post
  • Tomato Toast with Chives and Sesame Seeds, Bon Appetit
  • The story of the Toys “R” Us rebranding that never saw life, It's Nice That
  • Why I Had To Quit Being A Birth Doula, The Establishment
  • In major defeat for Uber and Lyft, New York City votes to limit ride-sharing cars, The Verge
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Alison Iven 8/8/18 Alison Iven 8/8/18

What I read today August 7

  • Inside the Edible Academy, New York Botanical Garden’s State of the Art Facility, Untapped Cities
  • EPA is now allowing asbestos back into manufacturing, Architects Newspaper
  • ‘Approved by Donald Trump’: Asbestos sold by Russian company is branded with the president’s face, Washington Post
  • What's Up With Intermittent Fasting, and Should We Be Doing It?, bon appetit
  • 8 Montessori-inspired phrases to use for each stage of potty training, Motherly
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Alison Iven 8/7/18 Alison Iven 8/7/18

What I read today August 6

  • The Case for Rooms, City Lab
  • How To Travel Across The Grand Canyon And Navajo Nation Respectfully, hownottotravellikeabasicbitch
  • THE BOOMING BUSINESS OF LUXURY CHICKEN DIAPERS, The Outline
  • It’s Electric Moped Time, America, City Lab
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  • Beyoncé in Her Own Words: Her Life, Her Body, Her Heritage, Vogue
  • Zephyr Teachout Is Running for Attorney General. But Her Real Target Is Trump., NY Times
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Alison Iven 8/6/18 Alison Iven 8/6/18

What I read today August 3

  • What It’s Like To Be An Abortion Doula, ravishly
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