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Milli Hill author of Give Birth Like a Feminist surprises TRAs by being a feminist.

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ToesAndFingersCrossed · 28/09/2020 14:27

Milli has tweeted on the topic of children never being born in the wrong body, especially not girls. She’s also retweeted and liked posts in support of JKR, thus causing shockwaves in the crunchy birthing/doula community who previously used her books to support women in making birth choices that were right for them. For some reason they are surprised that a woman who has made it her life’s work to centre woman in their birthing experiences would centre woman in other issues too.

She’s also apologised for not speaking out on the issue sooner. Go Milli!!

Milli Hill author of Give Birth Like a Feminist surprises TRAs by being a feminist.
Milli Hill author of Give Birth Like a Feminist surprises TRAs by being a feminist.
Milli Hill author of Give Birth Like a Feminist surprises TRAs by being a feminist.
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Gibbonsgibbonsgibbons · 28/09/2020 16:21

Good for her!
☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

ToesAndFingersCrossed · 28/09/2020 15:49

highhame I’m in a few local doula groups and there has been a lot of banning and deleting today because of this. One group has even banned everyone who liked a post supporting Milli, whether or not they actually said anything in her favour. So only the wails of despair and accusations of bigotry remain. But their numbers are already so much lower. And those banned will probably start reading on this issue a lot more. A lot of lightbulb moments to come I think.

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highame · 28/09/2020 15:39

@WhereAreWeNow

Really glad to hear this. I was losing hope that the birth/maternity rights world had all succumbed to the "pregnant people" nonsense. Great to see Milli speak up.
I'm sure lots of them have succumbed, but this gives us a leg up Grin
marvellousnightforamooncup · 28/09/2020 15:36

Good for her.

WhereAreWeNow · 28/09/2020 15:07

Really glad to hear this. I was losing hope that the birth/maternity rights world had all succumbed to the "pregnant people" nonsense. Great to see Milli speak up.

Aine82 · 28/09/2020 15:01

Well done Milli. A rock of common sense.

Siameasy · 28/09/2020 14:55

Blimey it’s good to see people speaking out. We are now safe to say it out loud. I’m still getting TRAs online telling me that no one was ever pushed down the affirmation route.

gardenbird48 · 28/09/2020 14:54

absolutely go Milli!! if I was on Twitter I would follow her.

persistentwoman · 28/09/2020 14:40

What a good read her twitter is. It's distressing that so many women involved with birthing insist on the dehumanising of women (pregnant people, cervix havers etc) in their desperation to centre unhappy men.

Well done her - and of course Mermaid's / tra's spectacular own goal (we never said anyone was born in the wrong body) have helped enormously.

HecatesHat · 28/09/2020 14:32

This is great to see

KatVonlabonk · 28/09/2020 14:31

Brilliant. Well done her.