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I was at a courthouse once, and saw an indigenous australian woman in a dressing gown very carefully and gingerly making her way down the steps outside the courthouse, surrounded by family who were helping her down the stairs. We asked if she was OK, because she looked awful. She looked like she should have been wrapped up in bed with blankets and hot soup, not on the steps of a courthouse.

One of her family told us that she had given birth yesterday evening, but that Child Protection services had taken her baby away with no warning, claiming that she wasnt prepared to look after him. What had happened, is that she'd literally only just given birth -- hadn't even passed the afterbirth yet, is holding her blood-coated, crying, newborn baby to her chest -- and a nurse asked what her feeding plan was. She was tired from the birth and distracted by the brand new baby in her arms and thrown off by the timing of the question, but still, she managed to answer, and said she planned to breastfeed him whenever he was hungry.

Well apparently that wasn't enough of a plan for the hospital staff, who reported her and claimed that she was unprepared to look after the child, and claimed that had no social supports, and that the baby was at risk if left with her. All because a brand new mother, 30 seconds after giving birth, didn't have a PowerPoint presentation ready to go that cited the timing cycle she would feed her kid on, and instead simply said that she would feed him when he was hungry.

Child Protection services showed up, took her kid, and she was told to show up to court the next day to contest custody if she wanted her baby back.

So a woman who had given birth less than 24 hours prior was forced to rally her family and show up to court to prove that she a) had a feeding plan for the child, and b) had enough social supports to justify reclaiming her baby.

It was one of the most appalling things I'd ever seen. I don't even know if she won her case. They didn't know at the time we saw them, and after that brief interaction on the stairs, i never saw them again. I sincerely hope she got her newborn baby back.

That was about 5 years ago. And the exact same kind of thing is still happening today.

News broke today from a South Australian whistle-blower of the appalling treatment new mothers frequently receive, including hospital staff taking the baby away from the mother "for medical tests," only for the mother to then be told, with absolutely no prior warning, that the baby was not going to be returned to her.

Here's the article, and here are some excerpts:

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The wii is what

No

NO

NO I'M TOO YOUNG TO FEEL OLD

POOKIE'S I'M NOT EVEN OUT OF HIGHSCHOOL, WHAT?? WE HAD A WII.

WE HAD A WII.

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This is my new favorite video in existence????

Puking and shitting

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i always mean it when i say i love you btw

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I need the moon and five pebbles plushies.

Like, it's a visceral need.

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"This is our brother now." "But I thou-" "NO >:(((("

Trans masc leo saga happy pride month cuz I know u gay n shi

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I'm writing like 3 longform fics at once rn, what is wrong with me, wHY CAN'T I JUST WRITE ONE THING AT A TIME WAAAAAAAAAH

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Everything is like “QUEER history” and “List of QUEER young adult books” or “Top 10 QUEER movies” and queer this and queer that and for the love of god please just say LGBT.

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I'm in the fuckin trenches waiting for the Stardew Update on mobile.

#stardew valley #stardew

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It's like younger versions of themselves, I love this sm

stardew valley bachelor beta portraits vs final portraits!!!

prints: here and here

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MR.CONCERNED APE PLEASE

I'M BEGGING YOU

found this on my monthly tiktok scroll. i think we should add murder too.

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Gonna do this later probably

You are immortal. You didn’t realize your ex from 200 years ago was also immortal until you run into each other while grocery shopping.

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I am a firm believer in Dad Bod Wukong

#lego monkie kid #lmk wukong

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LMAO THIS GUY JUST FOLLOWED ME SHOULD I BE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THIS SAYS ABOUT MY MENTAL HEALTH

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Right, considering the current state of corporate politics on this site, and that it seems that only those affected seem to be actively speaking on the matter, this needs to be dragged out to a wider audience.

REBLOG IF YOUR ACCOUNT IS A TRANSFEM SAFE SPACE.

We need to show these higher ups how much we truly value them.

Edit: Changed the wording of the post and decided to put in a reminder that this extends to refusing to believe in bogus call-out posts for frankly minuscule thinks such as being horny or kinky, especially if the target is presenting in an ‘unconventional’ manner, (therians, etc.) this double standard where it is seen as ‘degenerate’ for transfemmes to merely exist in certain spaces, yet everyone else is fine to do so is disgusting and part of the reason for the backlash.

PUTTING TERFS DNI IS NOT THE BE ALL AND END ALL, YOU GENUINELY HAVE TO PUT YOUR MORALS OF BEING RESPECTFUL INTO PRACTICE.

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I

I would

Would anyone be up to doing art trades with me?

It can be an lmk oc or a totally original concept!! I would love to see your ocs

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