The Institute of Feminine Arts and Sciences

06/11/2018

This is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen and it's also one of the saddest because if we do not stand up to being over-regulated over licensed and overtly put on a conveyor belt of care we may become the last of our kind one day.

06/08/2018

2020 a new yet ancient energy is being preserved and revitalized in midwifery.
Only the truth seekers will be there.






And now, I can SEE how this document started a bonfire.....pppssst. WE DONT BURN SO EASY THE SECOND TIME AROUND!
ash is a magical entity.
https://womancenteredmidwifery.wordpress.com/take-action/

This letter has been delivered to Marinah Valenzuela Farrell, President of the Midwives Alliance of North America. Thank you to all those who signed-on. Thank you to MANA for accepting our letter. …

06/08/2018

PLEASE read this ...we need your voice and support now !

This letter has been delivered to Marinah Valenzuela Farrell, President of the Midwives Alliance of North America. Thank you to all those who signed-on. Thank you to MANA for accepting our letter. …

06/07/2018

In the 1800's during the time of the Emancipation Proclamation there were over 36,000 northern blacks that remained enslaved" (Dolgoff & Feldstein, 2009)...

06/05/2018

Our private group "The Womb Room" is a collection of Sage Midwives, birthkeepers, researchers and academics, dedicated to preserving the birthing arts and wise woman traditions. And we are proud to partner with "The Institute of Feminine Arts & Science", as an educational resource.
Our team is also excited to announced that the BIRTHKEEPER Conference is projected for summer 2020. I cannot wait to give you the details!
We will keep you posted. ❤️

The Institute of Feminine Arts & Sciences is proud and humbled to become the public educational umbrella for the project. The purpose of this project to to educate and provide resources for midwives and birthworkers who are being asked to alter their practice documents to gender neutral language. We will provide the history of the trans movement into home birth, the rational for supporting women centered language in regard to human reproduction, and information on the movement for female erasure. YOUR comments are welcome...This is a moderated page, no name calling, bullying, doxxing etc will be tolerated. PLEASE keep it civil and in the spirit of education.

06/03/2018

Female Erasure is as old as patriarchy itself.
https://www.femaleerasure.com

06/03/2018

food for thought

Last month, a 42-year-old English accountant who goes by the pseudonym Helen Highwater wrote a blog post disputing the idea that trans women are women. ...

06/03/2018

http://www.femaleerasure.com/ This is a very good resource to begin understanding the issue. What is Female Erasure? How do you define Female? How do you have a discussion about this profoundly complicated and sensitive issue? How do you help others understand why it's so important to be having this discussion.

Forty-eight voices celebrate female embodiment while exploring deeper issues of misogyny, violence, and sexism disguised today as progressive politics.

06/03/2018

The Institute of Feminine Arts & Sciences is proud and humbled to become the public educational umbrella for the project. The purpose of this project to to educate and provide resources for midwives and birthworkers who are being asked to alter their practice documents to gender neutral language. We will provide the history of the trans movement into home birth, the rational for supporting women centered language in regard to human reproduction, and information on the movement for female erasure. YOUR comments are welcome...This is a moderated page, no name calling, bullying, doxxing etc will be tolerated. PLEASE keep it civil and in the spirit of education.

06/02/2017

Frederick Leboyer

Few men changed birthing more in the 20th century than Leboyer.