- 1. Forget "Camping Trips"—Here's How to Actually Help Women Get the Abortion Care They Desperately Ne
- (Feminism)
- ... a massage or telling a joke— whatever the need is.” Pickett, who independently trained to become a birth doula through DONA International, which offers training for birth and postpartum doulas, says ...
- Created on 17 January 2023
- 2. The So-Called "Climate Bill": What Does It Really Mean For Us & Where Does It Fall Short Of Our Expectations
- (Feminism)
- ... the harshest outcomes—being three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women. The Inflation Reduction Act also neglects the extension of postpartum healthcare coverage to over ...
- Created on 18 August 2022
- 3. Noom, The Toxic Weight-Loss App That Claims Not To Be A Dieting Program, Is Being Called Out On Twitter
- (Living)
- ... while she was breastfeeding. Since #Noom is trending, I'll take a moment to include that, as a 4-week postpartum and exclusively breastfeeding mother, Noom told me to eat 1200 calories a day. ...
- Created on 03 February 2022
- 4. In Response to Alarming Facts About Black Women's Maternal Health, Doula's Twitter Thread With Advice for Black Expectant Moms Goes Vir
- (Sex)
- ... of expecting Black mothers and how to take agency in preparing for pregnancy, labor, and postpartum care: 1. Educate yourself- For Black women who are conditioned to “be strong,” learning about what ...
- Created on 17 December 2021
- 5. Give Your Erotic Imagination A Software Update With These Four Fun Apps
- (Sex)
- ... taught by doctors, psychologists, and other experts. Standout offerings include guides to postpartum sex and pleasure, explainers on why you might be feeling pain during sex, and a course on rethinking ...
- Created on 13 November 2020
- 6. Poet Q. Gibson On Healing Through Language: BUST Interview
- (Books)
- ... you write? Jonah is seven. He’s been a huge inspiration in my writing and creative process. With my first self-published book, I wrote about postpartum depression and a bit of things I experienced emotionally ...
- Created on 18 September 2020
- 7. Birth Justice Pilot Program In San Francisco To Address Inequalities For Pregnant Black People and Pacific Islanders
- (Feminism)
- ... months postpartum. The goal of this program is to create birth equity in a city where pregnant people who are Black or Pacific Islander have higher maternal mortality rates and higher rates of preterm ...
- Created on 16 September 2020
- 8. Kotex New Ads To Depict Period Blood As It Really Is: Red
- (Feminism)
- ... Up With This Barbaric Practice In The First Place? ABC Called This Frida Mom Ad "Graphic" And We Need To Fight The Stigma Of Postpartum Recovery Longtime Activist Jean Stallings On Her Experiences Fighting ...
- Created on 18 February 2020
- 9. ABC Called This Frida Mom Ad "Graphic" and We Need to Fight the Stigma of Postpartum Recover
- (Living)
- Columbia University came out with a study on February 5, that suggests that when general anesthesia is used in Caesarean deliveries, the chances of a new mom getting postpartum depression (PPD) increases. ...
- Created on 10 February 2020
- 10. Karen Russell's "Orange World And Other Stories" Is A Powerful Reflection Of Our Current Social Conflic
- (Books)
- ... about global warming. Other pieces hint at debates around consent, consumerism, and postpartum depression. They get at a truth more revealing than if they were non-fiction. Add to that Russell’s deft turns ...
- Created on 14 May 2019
- 11. “Menstrual Surveillance” - The Dark Side of Fertility Tracking Apps
- (Feminism)
- ... in premature births, a 30 percent increase in natural conception and a higher rate of identifying the signs of postpartum depression.” However, critics have voiced their concerns about how this can affect ...
- Created on 16 April 2019
- 12. Polly Rosenwaike Explores Motherhood In "Look How Happy I'm Making You": BUST Intervi
- (Books)
- ... about postpartum depression, and a story about sleep training. The book became a chronology of different characters’ experiences with pregnancy and new motherhood. Books about motherhood have become ...
- Created on 12 April 2019
- 13. BUST's 10 Most-Read Posts Of 201
- (General)
- Every year, we keep track of our most-read articles and compile them in one place for your reading pleasure. This year we have 10 important reads that cover topics including trans healthcare, postpartum ...
- Created on 19 December 2018
- 14. How "The Great British Bake-Off" Helps Me Cope With Seasonal Affective Disorde
- (TV)
- ... While brains can break due to S.A.D., they can implode for a variety of other reasons: grief, PTSD, mania, a bad trip, heartbreak, the weather, the 24-hour news cycle, receiving divorce papers, postpartum ...
- Created on 05 December 2018
- 15. BUST School For Creative Living And Teacher Spotlight: Sacred Lotus Yoni Steam Co-Founder Sabrina Vedete
- (Living)
- ... infections, postpartum healing... and the list goes on. I didn't have the answers to their questions, so I began to seek answers and discovered Peristeam Hydrotherapy—I knew then that my divine purpose ...
- Created on 03 December 2018
- 16. 19 New Books By Women And Nonbinary Authors To Read In October 2018
- (Books)
- ... Hurt A Little by Busy Philipps BUST's October/November cover gal releases a memoir covering her encounters with sexism in Hollywood, her experiences with postpartum anxiety and motherhood, and her ...
- Created on 02 October 2018
- 17. Three New Books That Get Real About Motherhood
- (Books)
- ... (3/5) –Liza Monroy Things That Helped: On Postpartum Depression By Jessica Friedmann (FSG Originals) In Things That Helped, author Jessica Friedmann navigates the fierce ebbs and flows of postpartum ...
- Created on 24 September 2018
- 18. Chrissy Teigen Speaks Up At L.A. #KeepFamiliesTogether Rally: Link Roundup
- (Feminism)
- Our favorite political celebrity Chrissy Teigen spoke out at the Keep Families Together Rally in L.A. this weekend, bringing her infant son Miles onstage and speaking proudly about her experience as ...
- Created on 02 July 2018
- 19. Skip The Baby Shower And Throw A Postpartum Party Instead
- (Living)
- Say the word postpartum and most people think depression. And in the U.S., the lack of support for new parents is a wholly depressing situation—employers aren’t required to provide paid parental leave, ...
- Created on 19 June 2018
- 20. Tig Notaro Tells People Worried About Abusers Recovering From #MeToo, “Shut Up”: Link Roundup
- (Feminism)
- ... About Postpartum Life Chrissy Teigen gave birth to her second child, son Miles Theodore, on Wednesday. And in the days since, Teigen has been getting real about birth and postpartum life on social media, ...
- Created on 21 May 2018
