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Boujee Bonita Braxton

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I'm feeling like Superwoman.

So far today I've:

- Worked a full shift
- Grocery shopped
-Washed Dishes
-Swept and Mopped
-Started dinner
-Washed 1 and a half loads of clothes

And I still have to pick my kids up, finish dinner, help with homework, iron clothes for tomorrow, and get them ready for bed later tonight.

Single motherhood :wow:


Lord, be a morphine drip when this pain kicks in, in a few hours though because my dumb ass over exerted myself. :mjcry:
 

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Im telling yall if i was a movie producer i'd make this real lite story here into a movie. It'd be number 1 in the box office for weeks. Mostly female cast, thriller, some espionage/police work, a protagonist that could be an antogonist and vice versa, female rights.
Im telling ya this has all the makings of a hit. Heard about it on NPR earlier and have been intrigued by it all day. Women would eat this up in 2018/2019
In March of 1974, two midwives were summoned to help a woman give birth in a Santa Cruz, California cabin. They had met the woman before, and came prepared with their “birth bags” ready to deliver a child. But when they arrived, things were not as they expected. They noticed there was no food in the cupboards. But even stranger, there was no pregnant woman, no baby. There was a man, who pulled out some money and handed it to one of the midwives.

It turned out the woman who had hired them, while actually pregnant, was also a government agent. Several state investigators appeared next at the house, and the two midwives were arrested, charged with practicing medicine without a license, and placed in jail.

The whole event, including the pregnant agent pretending to hire the midwives, was an undercover sting targeting midwives. The birth center where they worked was then raided, evidence of surgical gloves and clamps was gathered, and a third midwife was arrested.

The Santa Cruz Birth Center had aided hundreds of births over the past three years in northern California, and, according to their records, said that no mother or child had died during one of their deliveries.

The midwives sued, and their case went to the state supreme court, which they lost in 1976. Despite the setbacks, this spotlight on the underground midwifery community spurred a part of the feminist movement. People practicing midwifery were heartened to know they weren’t alone, even though they were still ostracized.

“They lost,” says Wendy Kline, history professor at Purdue University and author of the upcoming book “Coming Home: How Midwives Changed Birth,” which delves into this story and other midwifery history. “But that was really a pivotal moment for midwives. It galvanized the movement to come forward and say: ‘This is ridiculous.’”

While the court case was going on, several of the women involved were pregnant or gave birth themselves. It was a time when women were starting to assert their rights, and a sign of how American culture was changing. Rolling Stone covered the case in 1974 in a story “California vs. Midwives: The Legalities of Attending a Birth.”

“It generated a lot of interest and debate about the true meaning of birth,” says Kline. “And who should be allowed to [deliver babies] and where it should be taking place.”

While the case attracted a lot of attention then, the story has been largely forgotten many years later. Kline makes use of personal collections and correspondence, as well as first person interviews to bring the tale back to life in her new book.
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finally got to watch Rel's pilot episode. I fukk with it... a couple scenes didn't go over but this dude clearly got all the stars on his back. Hope it's successful

Loose boot Monica :russ:
 

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Had to rob some Hydrocodone pulls from my grandmother this evening after coming home...she going thru them too quickly and as a narcotic she can get her and me in trouble if someone think she's taking too many, can start throwing labels like addiction, abuse and shyt...

She kicked and screamed, but she ain't capable of being responsible with managing her pain, so I gotta be the mean grandson tonight

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I’m so depressed bout my cousin being in high school now :mjcry:

He’s such a good wholesome boy, I don’t want those fast lil girls at his school corrupting him :mjcry:

Just continue loving Chance the Rapper and soccer. You don’t need to worry bout nun else :mjcry:

You only 14 and hitting 6 feet. What you need all this height for? :mjcry:

Stop growing :to:
 
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