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sho September 23, 2023

Perhaps asking people who genuinely like Tequila and have some experience in tasting tequila may be the best way forward on an article like this. 

sho July 14, 2023

I love this article!! More VPR discussions please. 

sho January 31, 2023

This.

Thank you - I was desperate for something like this in those 3am doom scrolls to find something relatable to what I was going through. 

I have a 4 month old and in the first weeks when trying to establish supply/latching/weight gain/sterilization of pumping equipment/sore and cracked nipples I was in breastfeeding hell. 
The conflicting advice and smugness virtue of lactation consultants/midwives was frustrating as anything. 

There’s not enough honesty about how distressing/painful/grueling/undignified and time consuming it can be.

Literally having to pump rather than sleep to ensure your supply doesn’t drop is cruel. 

Nobody really tells you. It’s a huge sacrifice of self, and is a rude shock of what’s to come after the pregnancy and birth experience.

Now though at 4 months, it’s easy and a dream - we both know how to do it and have a beautiful bond. But holy hell - had to navigate the gauntlet to get there. 


sho November 19, 2022

Currently balling my eyes out reading this whilst sitting on my couch with my 7 week old strapped to my chest.

I was lucky they took him out at 37 weeks on the day, so whilst not technically premmie - he was transferred to NICU straight away on a CPAP machine for 4 days. 
Looking back it was a blip of time.
In the moment it was forever.
The alien world of NICU is confronting, and the deep absence of not being able to hold them in those first days is inexplicable. 

What a brilliantly written piece, capturing the complexity of a journey like this. 

Thank you for sharing. 

sho November 8, 2021

I challenge that he was unaware of what was happening.

He notoriously incites his fans as part of his act.
Shame that the promoter didn’t have the bravery to pull his power to but a circuit breaker into the mayhem. 
Rookie mistake. 

sho October 31, 2021

Great story! You are a trailblazer, the taboo of this needs to go.

sho April 24, 2021

I was so relieved to see an article on this trainwreck of a debate. 

I cringed when Andrew Liveris treated the other panellists with such little respect. 
The look on Sarah Hanson Young's face when he shot his first barb at her made me feel sick, the audacity that he spoke to her like that and then continued to do so, and it took so long for it to be addressed, it needs to be called out straight away.