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The Vulnerability and the Power of Female Fertility
They can and do co-exist, contrary to popular belief
Oct 18, 2025 • Emily A. Hancock
I Don’t Actually Care About the Benefits of Breastfeeding
I care about preserving the right to remain human
23 hrs ago • Emily A. Hancock
Try a Little Tenderness
Street level cures for the birth dearth
Mar 2 • Emily A. Hancock
My Body Is Not a Project
And neither is yours
Feb 6 • Emily A. Hancock
Through You, I Know God
Talking heaven with my 5 year old
Jan 10 • Emily A. Hancock
Care Workers Can Be Excellent Too
Exceptionalism isn’t just for software developers and concert pianists, it’s also for mothers
Jan 3 • Emily A. Hancock
Injecting Lies
Depo-Provera, brain tumors and the inclination to isolate body from soul
Nov 13, 2025 • Emily A. Hancock
Today I Put Away the Newborn Clothes
The tenderness of bearing witness
Oct 23, 2025 • Emily A. Hancock
Feminine Programming
Rejecting the media machine
Oct 14, 2025 • Emily A. Hancock
Free Birth Isn't What You Think
Birth as provocation, Persephone, goodness, and dogma
Sep 27, 2025 • Emily A. Hancock
Breast is Biological
Why breastfeeding should matter to all women, even if they choose not to
Aug 11, 2025 • Emily A. Hancock
Birth Hierarchy
Thou shalt not give money to Trippy Instagram Orgasmic Birth Influencers™
Aug 3, 2025 • Emily A. Hancock
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