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Jamie Rindler's avatar

This is incredible, Haley!

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Haley Baumeister's avatar

Thanks!! Sometimes I forget not everyone is swimming in this kind of knowledge, information, and support…. so every little bit to further the dignity of women helps.

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Leah's avatar

Another teaspoon into the ocean.

Or, perhaps an entire tide shifting in one person’s life. You never know.

Thank you so much for this list. I’ve enjoyed browsing it and will keep coming back! I also appreciate the reading recommendations in the comments.

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St. Kassia's Scribe's avatar

Wondering if you saw this post? https://contemplatingconversion.substack.com/p/a-gateway-drug-to-catholicism

Made me think of you, not re: Catholicism but the PWA video she links to about contraception is really eye-opening. I learned a lot.

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Haley Baumeister's avatar

Oh yeah. I covertly save tabs as they cross my eyeballs, and this one was no exception. Have not read completely yet.

Thanks for sending it!

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Jamie Rindler's avatar

I do this constantly. My husband has a quote of mine saved in his phone (we each have a notes section for this purpose...it is a good laugh anytime we read the lists of funny things the other has said) that says something along the lines of "apparently 99 tabs is the most you can have open at one time on my phone" 🤣

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St. Kassia's Scribe's avatar

Thank you for this!

I’m excited to dive into the book recs, slowly and over time :)

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Haley Baumeister's avatar

And do feel free to add anything helpful. I’m especially interested in adding to my reservoir of theology reading and I think you had recommended some on a post of Ambers? I can go back and see but the comments can be used to share if people want. :)

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St. Kassia's Scribe's avatar

Yes!! I think the most relevant to this list is Theology of the Womb by Christy Bauman.

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Haley Baumeister's avatar

Theology of the Womb is one my TBR list (which I didn’t include. lol)

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Amber Adrian's avatar

I just ordered this last week!😍

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St. Kassia's Scribe's avatar

Ooh, awesome! I’d love to hear your take on it. (I think you’ll love it 😁)

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Amber Adrian's avatar

Oh man I’m pumped to read it. I came across it in research for a freelance assignment!

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St. Kassia's Scribe's avatar

I’m not sure if you’d be interested in this one, too — it’s a devotional through pregnancy, by an Orthodox Christian doula, daughter of an Anglican minister, and mother of 4.

Fertile Ground by Laura Janssen

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St. Kassia's Scribe's avatar

You’ve probably heard of Frederica Mathewes-Green, too . . . This one is on my TBR

https://www.amazon.com/Gender-Men-Women-Sex-Feminism/dp/1888212314

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Haley Baumeister's avatar

These look great, thanks Catie.

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St. Kassia's Scribe's avatar

My pleasure, thank YOU! So encouraging to connect with people here over shared passions.

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Annelise Roberts's avatar

Two more books I would suggest for physiology (based on my knowledge of these women’s work over the last decade) are Beyond the Pill by Jolene Brighten and Period Repair Manual by Lara Briden. Dr. Brighten also has a book specifically about healing postpartum. They are my go-to smart ladies for all things female hormone (you might see a few more links to their stuff in next week’s article!)

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Haley Baumeister's avatar

Yes!!! I’ve seen those but didn’t want to put my entire TBR list on here. So thank you for these specific suggestions.

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Emily Hancock's avatar

What a brilliant resource I will be most certainly coming back to Haley! ♥️

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Gretchen Joanna's avatar

Haley, this is the most amazing compendium— I am bug-eyed over it, and so thankful to you for doing the amount of work, making the inevitable sacrifices required, to create it. God bless you! May all the seeds of ideas being scattered abroad by your labors find good soil in which to sprout and bear good fruit.

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Amber Adrian's avatar

🙌🏼🙌🏼 Love this Haley and thank you for including my tiny little essay/rant! I’ll be pointing people here!

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Serena Sigillito's avatar

What a fabulous resource!! Thanks for all of your work compiling this. I've been playing around with the idea of starting a regular round-up post with reading recs, but you already do such an amazing job that I'm not sure if I'd just be duplicating what you already do!

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