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[shellyday.livejournal.com]

has anyone read Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin?. today i took it off my shelf to brouse a bit and was reminded of it's beauty.

also i just want to express how much i appreciate this community. I don't often post, but i learn so much great stuff reading people's posts. thanks everyone for making it a hoppin' community.

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[likwid-valium.livejournal.com]

check out the farms website with ina mae...
www.thefarm.com

[gezellig-girl.livejournal.com]

That book cracks me up. The material is so fascinating and so incredibly dated at the same time, how childbirth's so psychedelic and stuff.

The Farm, though - the commune that they all live in - has been invaluable for the rest of the vegan/vegetarian community, because here's this all-vegan community that can be used as a control group to debunk all sorts of stupid veg*n myths (like kids don't thrive on a vegan diet, babies born to vegan mother are sickly, etc.)

I love that book!!!!

[delicata77.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of going to The Farm and studying.
I adore that book, it motivates me and it is so beautiful.

i read it too!

[danskpige.livejournal.com]

i borrowed that book from a friend about a year ago. would love to get my hands on a copy again now as i'm giving birth this may... the stories were beautiful.

[shellyday.livejournal.com]

when i was in hishschool i did my senior project on the Farm and went there for 3 weeks. it wasn't as exciting though as it looks and it's actually pretty sad that they used to be a functioning community.i mean there's really cool stuff going on, but it's not a "commune". does anyone know when ina may gaskin's new book is coming out. i interviewed her when i was there, 2 years ago, and she told me about it, but i haven't heard about it since.