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kristina

now i entered a fucking headline

About Me

i work part-time as a labor and delivery nurse. the rest of the time i stay home with my kids. i tolerate the paying job and enjoy the one with no salary.i'm married to a pretty rad union organizer. we have two daughters and a boychild. our newest kiddo was born at home on halloween.i homeschool my oldest daughter. i knit. i cut off pieces of my fingers while cooking. i breastfeed a lot. i spend a lot of time at the library.we live on a farm in RI. we hope to move to pioneer valley someday.one day, many many years from now, i want to be a homebirth midwife.

My Interests

radical parenting, activism, homebirth, midwifery, the farm, gardening, cooking, sesame tofu

I'd like to meet:

other parents who don't think that soccer, gymboree, and diaper pails are MAJOR WORLD ISSUES.people who used to watch Hey Dude.

Music:

tilt, naked aggression, mary lou lord, the butchies, team dresch, girlyman, chumbawamba, doug elliott, ralph covert, erik peterson, we're about 9, alix olson, me first, bitch and animal, liz phair....jeez, i don't know. i used to be cool. now i listen to kids' music. you can find me at the annual tmbg children's show.

Movies:

how to make an american quilt

Books:

spiritual midwifery, a people's history of the us, breeder, the hipmama's survival guide

Heroes:

ina may gaskin