Favorites from this week
All I have to say about this week is: women are amazing. A wonderful midwife dinner last night, some really awesome patients this week, and caught up with some great women friends. I hope you all had a great week as well. Here is the best stuff I found in the news over the past seven days. Also, sending a lot of positive energy to the reproductive choice fight going on in Ireland right now.
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Boobs: An owner's guide. - Lola at Rookie
Another great article by Lola, who also writes over at the Hairpin (remember this gem?!?). For all boob owners, boob caregivers, and those who know people with boobs who have questions. Awesome article.
"...Breasts can be set wide apart or close together. They can have a fold underneath, or not! Two to six percent of the population straight-up has a third nipple. “Normal” doesn’t exist. Healthy does. Your mission is to know your own healthy so that you can pick up on any changes that might occur..."
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This interactive infographic is really incredible. Scroll the cursor over the country, it lights up on the world map, and then you receive health stats on numbers of healthcare workers, infant mortality, maternal mortality, and number of births attended by a skilled worker. Important to note: the numbers of nurses almost always outnumber the doctors. Nursing is the frontline, and we need to work on it.
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Move Over Barbie, You're Obsolete - Edwardo Jackson at Upworthy
Debbie Sterling Lewis, an engineer, has designed a toy and book combination to teach girls spatial orientation and how to build simple machines. In a toy-world dominated with gendered assumptions, girls miss out on a lot of learning while playing. Awesome, awesome idea!
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What to do when all your friends start making babies? - Elektra Kotsoni at Vice
An interview with Jana Romanava, photographer of the series Waiting, 40 pictures of pregnant couples sleeping. An awesome look into the intimate life of families.
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Twilight's Bella is the Damsel in Distress Over and Over and Over Again - Dodai Stewart at Jezebel
Thanks to MTV editing, we have a synopsis of the weak female character in Bella constantly needing rescuing and saving by the strong male characters. Thought perhaps subtle to some across all the videos, this mash-up brings it all into focus by watching over and over (and over) again how Bella's character is always in need of the men's power and safety. This is what young culture, largely girls, are watching and learning. Additionally, the Fifty Shades series is based on the Twilight series - wrap your head around that.