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Speaking our truths: ONE year of Medical Motherhood!

Listen now (14 min) | “The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world." — William Wallace Speak your truth. This newsletter started with just that thought. I had been molded and reshaped by more than a decade of interactions with medical professionals, government agencies, schools, nonprofits, disability justice advocates and the general public. I had had to l…

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a year ago · Shasta Kearns Moore

Introducing editorial cartoons!

In Medical Motherhood’s second year, we will add Lenore Eklund’s whimsical artwork on the stark realities of medical motherhood as a monthly editorial cartoon. (You can read about Eklund’s stunning “NICU fairytale” graphic novel Release on this post from last October.)

It is so exciting to have a visual vehicle for expressing these truths. I hope you enjoy “Where is the Manual for This!?” cartoons as much as I do!

For year two, I also have several investigations in the works, a few more mainstream media partnerships and high hopes to be able to continue to bring this work to wider audiences. Become a paid subscriber today to support this effort and read more: