Ruth Lewis
@ruthlewis.bsky.social
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Woman, mother, breastfeeding counsellor, volunteer, proofreader, editor.
I'm quoted in The Times today after our panel session at
#FiLiA2025
. My brother's response when I shared in a family whatsapp group was "I would imagine that you said a bit more than that". Yes I did, considerably more. When men are in the room, there are significant numbers of women who won't be.
5 days ago
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I'm here! 🤩
#FiLiA2025
#Sisterhood
#Solidarity
@filiacharity.bsky.social
11 days ago
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FiLiA
14 days ago
Today on
#InternationalDayofNoProstitution
, as part of the
#FiLiA
Women First project, we have FIVE recommendations for change and we are engaging with local and national government to help make them a reality. Real Solutions to Prostitution
#IDNP
Read more here:
filia.org.uk/women-first
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Real Solutions to Prostitution — FiLiA
We are a coalition between survivors of the sex trade and professionals working in the VAWG sector.
https://filia.org.uk/women-first
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Having Marian's support means a huge amount to us. She is a phenomenal woman. You can see Helen Joyce's interview with her here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU-v...
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15 days ago
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It's National Poetry Day. This is one that really spoke to me when I first read it in Musings on Mothering 13 years ago. It still does, and my babies are now fabulous young women.
17 days ago
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MoMaBreastfeeding
19 days ago
One of our MoMa Breastfeeding Counsellors spotted this bronze ‒ Charity by Paul Dubois from around 1870 ‒ at Harris library in Preston. Beautiful!
#breastfeedingart
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Can't wait! 💜🤍💚
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19 days ago
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I'm honoured to be taking part in this panel session at
#FiLiA2025
next month. And
@momabfing.bsky.social
has a stall there too - please do come and say hello!
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22 days ago
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Just finished reading Milli Hill's Ultra-Processed Women. Everyone should read this book; it is such an eye opener. It's quite scary, but also full of sensible practical things that feel achievable and that will make a genuine difference.
about 2 months ago
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MoMaBreastfeeding
about 2 months ago
This week MoMa mourns the death of Dr Michel Odent. He was a champion for mothers & giving birth “back to women”. His advocacy reminded us that birth is a physiological, deeply instinctive process, with a natural integrity which should be protected from unnecessary intervention.
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Sometimes there are pieces that it is a huge privilege to proofread. This was one of those.
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2 months ago
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MoMaBreastfeeding
2 months ago
We're adding content to our website ‒ including videos. Here's our first one and you can find more breastfeeding tips on our website. 👇
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MoMaBreastfeeding
3 months ago
It's World Breastfeeding Week.
www.who.int/campaigns/wo...
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Language matters and in some situations it can cause serious harm when it is used inaccurately. Please sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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Petition: Require the use of sexed language in government-funded health communications
Require the terms woman, girl and mother be used in their sexed meanings of adult female person, female child and female parent in government-funded healthcare groups and communications including poli...
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/716553?s=09
3 months ago
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MoMaBreastfeeding
3 months ago
We founded MoMa Breastfeeding on our core values that have also been forgotten elsewhere, including centring the mother-baby dyad. Mother-to-mother support in a welcoming single-sex space is vital for many mothers when accessing breastfeeding support.
open.substack.com/pub/janhavin...
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MoMaBreastfeeding
3 months ago
“Breastfeeding women really benefit from peer support, and I was delighted to see the new women-only, mother-led service [...] MoMa Breastfeeding, which offers volunteer-led, free breastfeeding support exclusively to women, after existing groups denied women single-sex support.”
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MoMaBreastfeeding
3 months ago
It's a couple of weeks ago that one of MoMa's co-founders and directors,
@ruthlewis.bsky.social
, talked to Kelly Oliver Dougal about breastfeeding, setting up MoMa and what led up to doing that. Do go and have a listen to their conversation!
youtu.be/sADECWeoJWA?...
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MoMaBreastfeeding
4 months ago
Tune in at 8 o'clock BST this evening to hear
@ruthlewis.bsky.social
, one of the MoMa Breastfeeding co-founders, talking to Kelly Oliver Dougal @KODPOW.
youtu.be/sADECWeoJWA?...
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MoMa - no men allowed into new breastfeeding support organisation for mothers and babies.
YouTube video by Kelly Oliver Dougall
https://youtu.be/sADECWeoJWA?si=am0VzK45oJmsdsQu
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Reem Alsalem
4 months ago
Misrepresentative of my position in the report. Im not against the use of gender and use it all the time. I am alarmed by the exclusion of sex based considerations in analysing the experiences of women and girls - a concern backed by international law.
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MoMaBreastfeeding
4 months ago
We love this breastfeeding street art in Palermo, Sicily. 🤱
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FiLiA
4 months ago
‘Violent porn showing choking and strangulation will be made illegal through the
#Crime
and
#Policing
Bill.’ We support the Government acting against the normalisation of strangulation. If it is illegal in real life, it should be illegal online.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
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Violent pornography showing strangulation to be banned
Violent porn showing choking and strangulation will be made illegal through the Crime and Policing Bill, the government has announced
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/bertin-report-choking-ban-b2772974.html
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MoMaBreastfeeding
4 months ago
We're in for a hot spell! For exclusively breastfeeding babies, their mummy's milk is all they need.
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FiLiA
4 months ago
Looking forward to hearing Milli Hill at
#FiLiA2025
talking about her book, Ultra Processed Women. The online book launch is tonight via Zoom – tickets are available here:
www.tickettailor.com/events/milli...
You can order her book at
#OurFeministLibrary
uk.bookshop.org/a/7614/97800...
#BookSky
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Marian Tompson is a phenomenal woman. She is in her 90s and still fighting for what is right. I treasure this gift that she had made and sent to me (by a talented friend of hers) late last year. It's on magnetic paper and lives on my fridge. 🥰
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4 months ago
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We pronounce it Moh-Muh, but people will say it how they like. I also like that it's quite close to Mama which is what one of my girls sometimes called me when she was little.
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4 months ago
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I'm delighted to share what we've been working on over the last six months or so. Now I can get back to supporting local breastfeeding mums. 🤱 All our support is free to get, but not free to provide. Please help if you can and share!
momab.org.uk/donate/
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5 months ago
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FiLiA
6 months ago
HUGE win for grassroots
#Feminism
–
@forwomenscotland.bsky.social
#SupremeCourt
victory 💥 A clear ruling that Women are a distinct group under the Equality Act. Now the
#EHRC
& national gov'ts must step up for women, update guidance & align policy & practice with the law
#WeKnowWhatAWomanIs
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