This article briefly outlines the concepts of unschooling to those who may be interested in giving it a go. It's good to help with deschooling, and it can can also be used as an informative article for critical but uninformed relatives. Whilst acknowledging that unschooling is controversial, this article debunks some of the myths perpetuated by our school orientated society.

Women are increasingly dissatisfied with hospital birth. This article details a number of ways for hospital staff to help women achieve the birth they want, and invites them to consider the outcome of birth as more than just another day at work.

An article discussing one woman's journey to successful breast feeding after "failing" to feed her first child. This article discusses the ways society undermines breast feeding women because of ignorance, and encourages us to feed our babies openly so that more women will see how breast feeding works before it comes time for them to feed their own babies. 

An opinion piece which touches on several freebirth issues from knowledge systems and politics to primal needs and physiological birth. This insight into freebirth, by a freebirther, encourages women to consider what they yearn for in their birth experiences by reinforcing women's desires as actual birthing needs.

**This is a sneak preview from Freebirth Australia, a freebirth website coming soon in 2012!

Many people ask unschoolers or homeschoolers about what they would do if their child asked to go to school. It's like they somehow feel that by homeschooling, children are being deprived of some crucial rite of passage. Here is one mother's take on how she would handle it.

So many women think that they'll just go to hospital, have a baby, and all will be well. They think they will be respected, supported, and that the experience will be a happy one. Unfortunately that's not what's happening to many women. I'm one of the ones who didn't have that experience.

A letter addressed to men, from a man, about why he prefers homebirth. Having witnessed both home and hospital birth this dad can do the run down on how they're different and why homebirth is far superior to anything a hospital might have to offer. This is a great letter to show your hubby if you're trying to show him why you want a homebirth.

Birth trauma means different things to different people, which makes it difficult to define. This is a short introductory article explaining what birth trauma is.

An essay about the focus on physical violence in the Australian media and the obscuration of other forms of domestic violence. Domestic violence involves other forms of violence such as emotional and psychological abuse, use of male privilege, coercion and so on. Abuse does not have to be physical to be abuse.

There's a thousand and one reality style television shows about birth these days and they all have one common denominator. Highly managed, interventionist births. Women lying on their backs covered in drapes with their legs up in stirrups and a heap of strangers peering at their vulvas telling them to PUUUUUSH. It's no wonder we're afraid of giving birth!