We are proud graduates of Loom’s Prepped: The Series birthing class, and while I learned many things that will stay with me forever, and have seen things I cannot unsee — the thing that will …
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Prepped
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‘Politics’
I spent a great deal of my 20’s saying to myself ‘I’m not a political person’ and ‘I care about people, not politics,’ but I was not to be trusted as I wore 5 dollar …
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Gray or Grey or Grei
We have proceeded to the ‘pick out color for walls’ portion of third trimester. Soon I will be falling off of a small ladder in a pair of overalls that don’t fit into a tray …
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Guilt | Action
I’ve been thinking a lot about how much time and emotional energy white people should be giving to guilt right now, and how much to action. Is the guilt a part of the action? Is …
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A Face of a Man
We had our first Zoom birthing class, and I had to capture this Face of a Man watching a fake baby get shoved through a fake pelvis after watching a plastic cervix dilate and ‘efface’ …
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DEELISH!
For months I have been warned about the horrible second trimester Glucose test in which you have to drink a very disgusting horrible sugar beverage to see if you have Gestational Diabetes, and it’s the …
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Feelings | Facts
I’ve been trying not to pressure myself to write or even think anything profound about this moment we’re in, but then I was on a panel this week discussing the future of theater, and playwright …
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not funny
Like a month ago, I had a very good? very bad? idea? Let’s just simply call it an ‘idea’ to make virus shaped cookies with frowning faces and give to friends. And in the time …
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Less Weird
Today on I LOVE HUMANS, there’s a three Michelin star restaurant in Virginia that’s dressing and staging mannequins at empty tables to make social distance dining ‘less weird.’ I’m sure you saw the headline while …
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My Brand
Someone is definitely telling young and early career writers that they need to have ‘a brand’ because I get asked a lot, Bekah, what’s yours? And at first I feel like apologizing to them on …