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.
🚨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
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. 🫶🩷🤍💙
3. TX has identified 327 cases of measles in 2025. Source: their dept of health and human services. www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...
4. While it may be harder to track, there are less than 10 trans athletes at the collegiate level. Source: NCAA President Charlie Baker www.bbc.com/news/article...
4. While it may be harder to track, there are less than 10 trans athletes at the collegiate level. Source: NCAA President Charlie Baker www.bbc.com/news/article...
March 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
3. TX has identified 327 cases of measles in 2025. Source: their dept of health and human services. www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...
4. While it may be harder to track, there are less than 10 trans athletes at the collegiate level. Source: NCAA President Charlie Baker www.bbc.com/news/article...
4. While it may be harder to track, there are less than 10 trans athletes at the collegiate level. Source: NCAA President Charlie Baker www.bbc.com/news/article...
Fellow GenX -ers. Check your vax status! I wanted my doc to check my tigers for MMR but they don’t do it bc insurance doesn’t cover it. She said I’m prob fine and got two. Went to look at my little booklet and I only got one! But check out all that polio protection!!
Will be getting a booster asap!
Will be getting a booster asap!
March 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Fellow GenX -ers. Check your vax status! I wanted my doc to check my tigers for MMR but they don’t do it bc insurance doesn’t cover it. She said I’m prob fine and got two. Went to look at my little booklet and I only got one! But check out all that polio protection!!
Will be getting a booster asap!
Will be getting a booster asap!
This administration’s priorities are anti-humanity on multiple levels.
patch.com/pennsylvania...
patch.com/pennsylvania...
March 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This administration’s priorities are anti-humanity on multiple levels.
patch.com/pennsylvania...
patch.com/pennsylvania...
Jk bc even if you don’t have kids you prob won’t make as much as a dude. Happy #InternationalWomensDay
March 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Jk bc even if you don’t have kids you prob won’t make as much as a dude. Happy #InternationalWomensDay
Daily reminder 👏👏👏
February 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Daily reminder 👏👏👏
How have we allowed this man to run the Department of Health and Human Services? This is beyond shameful. I fear for scientific and medical research, access to medications that many of us rely on, and so much more.
February 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
How have we allowed this man to run the Department of Health and Human Services? This is beyond shameful. I fear for scientific and medical research, access to medications that many of us rely on, and so much more.
The wild irony of this play being put on at the KENNEDY center.
February 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The wild irony of this play being put on at the KENNEDY center.
The whitehouse.gov website looks like a high school junior’s MySpace page, they’ve scrubbed health research/information from it, and have officially erased trans folks from other sites. None of this is normal or acceptable. F$&@! this administration so hard with zero lube.
February 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The whitehouse.gov website looks like a high school junior’s MySpace page, they’ve scrubbed health research/information from it, and have officially erased trans folks from other sites. None of this is normal or acceptable. F$&@! this administration so hard with zero lube.
Sometimes seeing a visual is helpful. This chart showing what taxes may look like in 2026 by income group is a stark reminder that this administration doesn’t care about anyone beyond the 1%. Read the entire report here: itep.org/federal-tax-...
January 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Sometimes seeing a visual is helpful. This chart showing what taxes may look like in 2026 by income group is a stark reminder that this administration doesn’t care about anyone beyond the 1%. Read the entire report here: itep.org/federal-tax-...
Beyond grateful that the teen goes to a school that sends out reassuring and affirming emails like this, but hate that this new administration is the cause of such correspondence.
January 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Beyond grateful that the teen goes to a school that sends out reassuring and affirming emails like this, but hate that this new administration is the cause of such correspondence.
What I just found when Googling the White House, Reproductive Rights. The first few links go to the 404.
January 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
What I just found when Googling the White House, Reproductive Rights. The first few links go to the 404.
As someone who lives with General Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder, it’s rough out there lately and the urge to curl up into a shell is strong. You don’t need to (and shouldn’t) consume news 24/7, especially when it isn’t always fact.
But that doesn’t mean we look away either. Find your balance.
But that doesn’t mean we look away either. Find your balance.
January 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
As someone who lives with General Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder, it’s rough out there lately and the urge to curl up into a shell is strong. You don’t need to (and shouldn’t) consume news 24/7, especially when it isn’t always fact.
But that doesn’t mean we look away either. Find your balance.
But that doesn’t mean we look away either. Find your balance.
My dog and I are now on the same med (gabapentin). So that’s a thing.
January 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
My dog and I are now on the same med (gabapentin). So that’s a thing.
From a friend in CA in case it’s helpful for anyone contemplating evacuation.
January 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
From a friend in CA in case it’s helpful for anyone contemplating evacuation.
In each stall of the women’s restroom in concourse D at Dulles.
December 23, 2024 at 3:08 AM
In each stall of the women’s restroom in concourse D at Dulles.
#Perimenopause check in: anyone else find themselves getting so ANGRY when that is not in your usual character at all? Yesterday I exploded on the teen and today the manpanion was the recipient of my wrath. In both cases the grievances were annoying but not rage worthy.
December 18, 2023 at 5:32 PM
#Perimenopause check in: anyone else find themselves getting so ANGRY when that is not in your usual character at all? Yesterday I exploded on the teen and today the manpanion was the recipient of my wrath. In both cases the grievances were annoying but not rage worthy.
Got my booster yesterday and am achy AF. Teen tested + for COVID last night (1st time for him). 🤞 I don’t waste the booster by catching it. 😷
October 25, 2023 at 7:33 PM
Got my booster yesterday and am achy AF. Teen tested + for COVID last night (1st time for him). 🤞 I don’t waste the booster by catching it. 😷
Noom is now capitalizing on ozempic with a new noom Med program and just UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
August 13, 2023 at 8:36 PM
Noom is now capitalizing on ozempic with a new noom Med program and just UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Who gets to wear g-strings? Um, anyone who wants? How is this even an article?!
July 20, 2023 at 11:53 PM
Who gets to wear g-strings? Um, anyone who wants? How is this even an article?!
NYT Spelling Bee continues to disappoint.
July 7, 2023 at 1:52 PM
NYT Spelling Bee continues to disappoint.
Can’t spell Defeat the Patriarchy without Eat The Rich!
July 5, 2023 at 5:17 PM
Can’t spell Defeat the Patriarchy without Eat The Rich!