Avital Norman Nathman
@avitalnn.bsky.social
Cheerio connoisseur.
Freelance writer and editor. Find me here and there writing pop culture, maternal health, repro health, good mother myth, cannabis, and more.
Freelance writer and editor. Find me here and there writing pop culture, maternal health, repro health, good mother myth, cannabis, and more.
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🚨New book alert!! The Perfect Birth Myth has been almost a decade in the making. From the sprout of an idea years ago while I was working at the Yale School of Public Health to create group prenatal care curriculum (where I met @wagedj.bsky.social) 1/2
One of the things I name as harmful to birth in the US in my upcoming book, The Perfect Birth Myth, is the MAHA movement and how their spreading of mis/disinformation is truly deadly. Absolutely devastating as more and more stories come out.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
One of the things I name as harmful to birth in the US in my upcoming book, The Perfect Birth Myth, is the MAHA movement and how their spreading of mis/disinformation is truly deadly. Absolutely devastating as more and more stories come out.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options:
1-877-447-4487
1-877-447-4487
June 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options:
1-877-447-4487
1-877-447-4487
Who are folks following/paying attention to when it comes to #birth and #maternalhealth?
Now that The Perfect Birth Myth has a pub date, I want to update our Pushing Back chap highlighting folks who are not just talking the talk but doing the work when it comes to healthy, safe pregnancy and birth.
Now that The Perfect Birth Myth has a pub date, I want to update our Pushing Back chap highlighting folks who are not just talking the talk but doing the work when it comes to healthy, safe pregnancy and birth.
June 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Who are folks following/paying attention to when it comes to #birth and #maternalhealth?
Now that The Perfect Birth Myth has a pub date, I want to update our Pushing Back chap highlighting folks who are not just talking the talk but doing the work when it comes to healthy, safe pregnancy and birth.
Now that The Perfect Birth Myth has a pub date, I want to update our Pushing Back chap highlighting folks who are not just talking the talk but doing the work when it comes to healthy, safe pregnancy and birth.
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Indeed. Many things on the front end seem benign and even helpful. But @avitalnn.bsky.social and I wrote about the underlying stoking of fear and sabotaging self confidence in this piece medium.com/the-establis...
Fear-Mongering Among New Mothers Is A Profitable Business
When a parent stands at the cross-section of Perfection and Fear, they are opening themselves up to being preyed on by a host of companies.
medium.com
June 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Indeed. Many things on the front end seem benign and even helpful. But @avitalnn.bsky.social and I wrote about the underlying stoking of fear and sabotaging self confidence in this piece medium.com/the-establis...
I 🫶LA.
At the ICE raid and subsequent community resistance in Paramount, California this morning, this skater kid ate dozens of munitions from Border Patrol agents, walked away slowly and flipped them off.
June 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I 🫶LA.
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ICE ran over some protesters in Los Angeles.
We crossed the rubicon a long time ago.
Look at the massive amount of vehicles being used in these Los Angeles raids.
And Trump and his thugs are not going to let up.
We crossed the rubicon a long time ago.
Look at the massive amount of vehicles being used in these Los Angeles raids.
And Trump and his thugs are not going to let up.
Protester tries to stop ICE SUV from leaving site of raid in L.A.
YouTube video by KTLA 5
www.youtube.com
June 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
ICE ran over some protesters in Los Angeles.
We crossed the rubicon a long time ago.
Look at the massive amount of vehicles being used in these Los Angeles raids.
And Trump and his thugs are not going to let up.
We crossed the rubicon a long time ago.
Look at the massive amount of vehicles being used in these Los Angeles raids.
And Trump and his thugs are not going to let up.
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HAPPENING NOW: Protesters are not backing down in their clash with ICE agents over raid operations in the Los Angeles area
📍Paramount, CA
📍Paramount, CA
June 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Protesters are not backing down in their clash with ICE agents over raid operations in the Los Angeles area
📍Paramount, CA
📍Paramount, CA
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ProPublica's Brett Murphy just appeared on @msnbc.com to to discuss his reporting with @annamaria.bsky.social on the fallout of the Trump administration's abandonment of its humanitarian commitments around the world.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
May 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
ProPublica's Brett Murphy just appeared on @msnbc.com to to discuss his reporting with @annamaria.bsky.social on the fallout of the Trump administration's abandonment of its humanitarian commitments around the world.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
🚨New book alert!! The Perfect Birth Myth has been almost a decade in the making. From the sprout of an idea years ago while I was working at the Yale School of Public Health to create group prenatal care curriculum (where I met @wagedj.bsky.social) 1/2
May 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🚨New book alert!! The Perfect Birth Myth has been almost a decade in the making. From the sprout of an idea years ago while I was working at the Yale School of Public Health to create group prenatal care curriculum (where I met @wagedj.bsky.social) 1/2
Had a 1:40pm appt yesterday with a specialist. Just a follow up appt. Was brought back at 2pm (not bad!), got vitals and whatnot done. Was left alone until just after 2:40 when doc finally came in. Asked me 1 Q, I answered, appt done (less than 3 min total).
I just…
I just…
a cartoon of spongebob with the words this could have been an email
ALT: a cartoon of spongebob with the words this could have been an email
media.tenor.com
May 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Had a 1:40pm appt yesterday with a specialist. Just a follow up appt. Was brought back at 2pm (not bad!), got vitals and whatnot done. Was left alone until just after 2:40 when doc finally came in. Asked me 1 Q, I answered, appt done (less than 3 min total).
I just…
I just…
Just as my teen is headed to college in the fall. 🫠
BREAKING: U.S. regulators say annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved.
Companies that want to market their vaccines to those Americans will need to conduct large, new studies.
Companies that want to market their vaccines to those Americans will need to conduct large, new studies.
Trump officials set new requirements for COVID vaccines in healthy adults and children
Federal health officials will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are healthy.
bit.ly
May 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Just as my teen is headed to college in the fall. 🫠
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Boston rejects Trump's fascism and embraces liberty.
"This is what democracy looks like"
( 📹 @whoiskf.bsky.social ) #3E #FiftyFiftyOne #EndImpunity #EndOligarcy #EndAutogenocide
"This is what democracy looks like"
( 📹 @whoiskf.bsky.social ) #3E #FiftyFiftyOne #EndImpunity #EndOligarcy #EndAutogenocide
April 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Boston rejects Trump's fascism and embraces liberty.
"This is what democracy looks like"
( 📹 @whoiskf.bsky.social ) #3E #FiftyFiftyOne #EndImpunity #EndOligarcy #EndAutogenocide
"This is what democracy looks like"
( 📹 @whoiskf.bsky.social ) #3E #FiftyFiftyOne #EndImpunity #EndOligarcy #EndAutogenocide
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@avitalnn.bsky.social & I wrote a book digging deep > shameful perinatal outcomes in the US. Before it goes to press I hope we can edit our chapter “White Supremacy, Racism, and a System Set Up to Fail People of Color” to say Momnibus Act passed. Track it here www.congress.gov/bill/118th-c...
www.congress.gov
April 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
@avitalnn.bsky.social & I wrote a book digging deep > shameful perinatal outcomes in the US. Before it goes to press I hope we can edit our chapter “White Supremacy, Racism, and a System Set Up to Fail People of Color” to say Momnibus Act passed. Track it here www.congress.gov/bill/118th-c...
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Alabama’s most extreme antis are trying to get a bill to throw abortion seekers in jail (right now they can’t be charged under Alabama law). Gross? Yes. But also a potential opportunity for us to make GOOD change. Here’s how:
April 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Alabama’s most extreme antis are trying to get a bill to throw abortion seekers in jail (right now they can’t be charged under Alabama law). Gross? Yes. But also a potential opportunity for us to make GOOD change. Here’s how:
My dear friend Dr. Deb (who is also a much needed abortion orovider!) is raising $ for Project Callisto, an incredible organization that is working to combat serial sexual assault on college campuses. Please join me in donating! give.projectcallisto.org/GreatLove
Survivors Deserve Better 2025
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April 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
My dear friend Dr. Deb (who is also a much needed abortion orovider!) is raising $ for Project Callisto, an incredible organization that is working to combat serial sexual assault on college campuses. Please join me in donating! give.projectcallisto.org/GreatLove
Today, on #TransDayOfVisibility (and every day!) I see and support my trans family and friends, and those I haven’t met. Especially now, may you be seen, loved, and safe. Protect Trans Kids and Protect Trans Adults. 🫶🩷🤍💙
March 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Today, on #TransDayOfVisibility (and every day!) I see and support my trans family and friends, and those I haven’t met. Especially now, may you be seen, loved, and safe. Protect Trans Kids and Protect Trans Adults. 🫶🩷🤍💙
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Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
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Elected officials are supposed to represent the best interests of their constituents. Raising bank fees is not in anyone's best interest and will harm, not help. This is a shameful vote.
March 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Elected officials are supposed to represent the best interests of their constituents. Raising bank fees is not in anyone's best interest and will harm, not help. This is a shameful vote.
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Thanks, I hate it
March 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Thanks, I hate it
How about “goodies” like #abortion access/rights? Can we get that? Or paid maternity leave? Lower rates of maternal mortality?
Trump: "We're gonna have tremendous goodies in the bag for women too. The women, between the fertilization and all the other things we're talking about, it's gonna be great. Fertilization. I'm still very proud of it, I don't care. I'll be known as the fertilization president and that's okay."
March 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
How about “goodies” like #abortion access/rights? Can we get that? Or paid maternity leave? Lower rates of maternal mortality?
Another day, another bigot cheering on this inhumane administration. This was posted in a FB group on out how to pay for college. www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/...
My response was that there are more measles cases in TX than trans collegiate athletes and I was told I was misinformed.
My response was that there are more measles cases in TX than trans collegiate athletes and I was told I was misinformed.
World Athletics to require chromosome testing of women's track and field athletes
The planned changes include reinstating a version of chromosome testing that was discontinued in the 1990s.
www.nbcphiladelphia.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Another day, another bigot cheering on this inhumane administration. This was posted in a FB group on out how to pay for college. www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/...
My response was that there are more measles cases in TX than trans collegiate athletes and I was told I was misinformed.
My response was that there are more measles cases in TX than trans collegiate athletes and I was told I was misinformed.
Abortion bans are deadly and make conditions much more dire for those who want to be pregnant and give birth.
Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
March 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Abortion bans are deadly and make conditions much more dire for those who want to be pregnant and give birth.
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WE
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Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
March 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
WE
TOLD
YOU
TOLD
YOU
This new EO will harm the most vulnerable. It will disproportionately affect students with disabilities or who come from lower income families and school districts.
Cutting the Dept. of Ed means:
• Pell Grant & Special Ed Cuts – Less aid for low-income & disabled students.
• No Federal Loan Oversight – Higher costs, fewer protections.
• Weakened Civil Rights Protections – Less enforcement of anti-discrimination laws.
Students lose big.
• Pell Grant & Special Ed Cuts – Less aid for low-income & disabled students.
• No Federal Loan Oversight – Higher costs, fewer protections.
• Weakened Civil Rights Protections – Less enforcement of anti-discrimination laws.
Students lose big.
March 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This new EO will harm the most vulnerable. It will disproportionately affect students with disabilities or who come from lower income families and school districts.