carrot's blog

So learning midwifery is a constant mental battle for me on several fronts.  Read More »

There is a sign I've seen above kitchen sinks in communal/community or punk houses, which says "First the dishes, then the revolution..." The idea is, if we can't take care of our own community, and each other, how the hell can we start to change the world? "Revolution begins at home," is a similar saying, but I like the first one better.  Read More »

Ok, so the title above does not represent my own viewpoint, but I'd like to bring up a discussion I've been having with a number of friends in the past few days; the idea that penetration, in and of itself, is violent; therefore, all heterosexuality and most homosexuality as well, whether consensual sex or not, is violence.  Read More »

Ah consent! We've all heard that word, probably in a health class at one point or another, during a lecture on date rape, right before the junior prom. Or at least, I think that is the first time I heard and considered that word.  Read More »

On Saturdays I go to what I call "Rewild School," which is basically a group of friends getting together to hang out in the woods somewhere. Sometimes we practice tracking by looking at animal scat and prints, sometimes we gather wild edibles like nettles, sometimes we play awareness/tracking games similar to hide and go seek.  Read More »

So today I as blessed to sunshine and lots of time spent ith my favorite scoundrel. Both of us someho had the same day "off" from other responsibilities and e had time to ander blissfully in the sun; just enjoying each other. e started the day andering train tracks, looking for interesting graffiti and rubbish.  Read More »

So more and more as I move into this world of midwifery, my life becomes framed in, and surrounded by, the feminine. Not only am I primarily around women from dawn to dusk, but symbolically and figuratively as well. I joke that sometimes I forget men exist; well, this is actually sort of close to the truth.  Read More »

I'm in a very good mood today, mostly because I chose to start my day playing with two four-yr olds at the park, rather then hang around the house with a bitchy lover, but also because I discovered today that midwifery laws in Upstate New York have changed in favor of midwives recently!  Read More »