What I read today Sept 13
Against Chill, Medium
This Week in Julia Salazar, NY Times
The cost of daycare is almost as much as rent in some cities, Motherly
COOKING AND BAKING WITH YOUR TODDLER, the kavanaugh report
WATCH: I’m Pregnant
What I read today Sept 11
Here’s What the Watermelon Was Up to Before It Tasted Good, Atlas Obscura
Kamala Harris Stumps Brett Kavanaugh with Abortion Question, Broadly
It Came From the '70s: The Story of Your Grandma's Weird Couch, Collectors Weekly
James Baldwin's Sole Children's Book Comes Back into Print, Publishers Weekly
Performing Blackness Won't Fill Our Asian-American Culture Deficit [OP-ED], Colorlines
Prison labor is modern slavery. I've been sent to solitary for speaking out, The Guardian
How the Smithsonian Helped Sleuth Out the True Identity of a Pair of Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers, SmithsonianMag
Xiaohe: A 4000-Year-Old Desert Cemetery, Amusing Planet
What I read today Sept 7
- Thank You for Not Eating Your Placenta, NY Times
- Bed-Stuy brownstone sails past neighborhood record, sells for $6.3M, Curbed
- Why Does the School Day End Two Hours Before the Workday?, Atlantic
- How Well-Intentioned White Families Can Perpetuate Racism, The Atlantic
- When Giving Birth Leads to Psychosis, Then to Infanticide, The Atlantic
- This is the only parenting book you ever really need to read, Quartz
- So, How Bad Is It to Smoke Pot While Pregnant?, The Cut
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
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
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
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
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
What I read today August 24
- SHIFTING MY EXPECTATIONS TOWARD POTTY LEARNING, the kavanaugh report
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
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
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
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