Miriam Zoila Pérez is a writer, and the creator of the Radical Doula website and book the Radical Doula Guide. They are a journalist that writes about a variety of topics, but much of their writing relates to the worlds of race, gender, and health. Pérez has contributed writing to the New York Times, Colorlines, Splinter (formerly Fusion), Talking Points Memo, The American Prospect, Rewire News (formerly RH Reality Check), The Nation, Bitch Magazine, Ms. Magazine, The Frisky and More Magazine, among others. They are a former writer and editor at Feministing and have a widely watched TED talk called "How Racism Harms Pregnant Women and What Can Help."
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ARTICLES & RESOURCES REFERENCED IN THIS SHOW:
Colorlines: Meet the Man That Proved Discrimination Can Make You Physically Sick
"99 Good News Stories You Probably Didn’t Hear About in 2018." by Angus Hervey https://medium.com/future-crunch/99-good-news-stories-you-probably-didnt-hear-about-in-2018-cc3c65f8ebd0
‘While There is Despair, I Am Not Hopeless’ A Conversation with adrienne maree brown Colorlines, December 2, 2016.
https://www.colorlines.com/articles/while-there-despair-i-am-not-hopeless
Pre Order for Pleasure Activism (adrienne maree brown)
https://www.akpress.org/pleasure-activism.html
Ancient Song Doula Training: https://www.ancientsongdoulaservices.com/training
Places to Find Perez's Work:
Book: The Radical Doula Guide:
Radical Doula Website:
TED TALKS:
How Racism Harms Pregnant Women and What Can Help. October, 2016.
Transforming Empathy (about what being a doula has taught them about compassion)
https://youtu.be/YCsIhuR5fqU
ARTICLES:
NPR: How does Racism Affect Pregnant Women & Babies:
NYTimes: Making Pregnancy Safer for Women of Color.
ReWire News: Where are all the sperm donors of color?
ReWire News: Racism Kills: What Cultural Connection Can Do About It
Colorlines: What would it take to actually end intimate violence?
ReWire: The Women Behind the Statue
The Myth of the Elective C-Section
https://rewire.news/article/2008/07/07/the-myth-elective-csection/
For a full list of Perez's writing:
CHAPTERS IN ANTHOLOGIES:
"Coming back around to Butch"- Chapter in Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme.
"Not That Loud: Quiet Encounters with Rape Culture" Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture. Edited by Roxane Gay
Music for this episode:
“Detroit” by Great White Buffalo
“Part-Time Lover” by the Undynamic Pop Experiment
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