“She Didn’t Look Depressed to Me:” On Postpartum Depression and Funky Smelling Gir
This was written in 2014, but I’m re-sharing… The other week I was at my community park in Berkeley, CA. I overheard two men who work at...
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Sistah Vegan Blog:
A Critical Race Feminist's Journey Through the 'Ethical Foodscape'...and Beyond
Jul 21, 2014
Vegan Secret #1 For Minimal Menstrual Pain and Heavy Bleeding
So, I started my period today. I am going to be honest with you. There is no single nutritional and health regiment that will work for...
Nov 24, 2013
The Adventures of Sistah Vegan's Postpartum Belly and Public Displays of Stretch Marks
As promised, I am continuing my post-partum blog series. I have a very no holds barred approach to talking about my body, pregnancy,...
Nov 20, 2013
The Adventures of Breeze's Yoni: On My Labor of Love and Birthing at Home
This is me, November 4, 2013, the day I went into labor. This is the belly. That is, the belly that 9 out of 10 strangers confidently...
Oct 25, 2013
Stretch marks, bikini pregnancy, and public displays of belly affection
This is my third pregnancy. I like to show what my growing womb looks like. I have met a lot of women who say that they were ashamed to...
Sep 10, 2013
On a raw vegan diet, Serena Williams won the US Open for 2013
Source: http://kvarm.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/serena-williams-calcium/ Another example of how one can get enough of everything on a vegan...
Sep 6, 2013
Pathologizing the 'fat body' as immoral and then experimenting on non-human animals to fin
Source: http://www.wired.com/images/article/wide/2007/06/36_mice_wide.jpg I just read an article on the NY Times, “Gut Bacteria From Thin...
Aug 23, 2013
“Got Colon Cancer? Then You Should Have Gone Vegan”
“The other day, I heard that one of my colleagues at work was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. Well, serves him right. He has been...
Aug 15, 2013
Black and Nursing While Hiking in Utah's National Parks
Bryce Canyon National Park, May 2012 with Eva Luna (9 months old). She nursed 1/2 the time during the 7 mile hike. I wanted to share this...
Jul 16, 2013
On Trayvon Martin and Using Nutritional Healing for Our Racism Induced Illnesses and Pain
The San Francisco Greens Workshop that Dianna is referring to can be seen here Dianna’s letter is all to real for many of us. In addition...
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