Meredith Aulds

Doula Anthropologist/Medical Anthropologist/Home Birth Researcher

PhD candidate @Purdue University
dog mother / wine lover

[Meredith Aulds @MeredithAulds]

Rather than keep writing the second chapter of my dissertation, I thought I'd work on some erasure poetry instead haha #midwifery #doula #birth #anthropology #gradstudent #poetrytwitter #erasure

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@RebeccaEliLong Excited to read it! Congratulations!

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Does anyone know of any midwives who serve Miama County, IN? A doula friend's client is trying to find one.

[Meredith Aulds @MeredithAulds]

No one wants to have your baby, dude. Get over it. #RoeVsWade

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@FletcherEmilyC Indiana Jones and the Fields of Poison Ivy

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Any other doulas thinking about what it means to support our clients if Roe v Wade is overturned?

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@RobinPregnancy Oh noooo. Seriously??

[Meredith Aulds @MeredithAulds]

Just got back from Iceland last night, and one of the first emails I see is that a Purdue student got shot with a BB gun from some random car passing by...and while I was gone, there were two fatal and race-driven shootings in other states. Can I go back to Iceland, please?

[Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D @RVAwonk]

Oh wow. The Lancet — one of the most prestigious medical journals in the world — is out with a forceful statement about Roe v. Wade *on the cover*.

[Meredith Aulds @MeredithAulds]

@HillaryMelch You too ❤️

[Meredith Aulds @MeredithAulds]

I am seriously struggling with focusing on my work while also digesting the reality that all of my reproductive rights could be taken. I could be denied birth control, called a murderer for miscarrying, and denied life-saving surgeries by the end of the summer.

[Meredith Aulds @MeredithAulds]

I haven't yet found the words to articulate exactly how angry, scared, sad, and tired I am. But I know I'm not the only one feeling this way, so I thought I'd share. If you'd also like to share, please feel free. If not, please know that your struggle is valid.

[Meredith Aulds @MeredithAulds]

But I am still expected to teach, do research, and write at the same speed and with the same standard of academic excellence. I'm struggling to understand how all of that isn't completely arbitrary, even though I honestly do love my research.

[isa 🦇 @isainguanzo]

as a former fetus, i can confidently confirm that i would not have known nor cared if i was aborted

[Meredith Aulds @MeredithAulds]

I don't have the words to express how disgusting this is

[Pam Keith, Esq. @PamKeithFL]

Louisiana is voting on a bill to criminalize IUDs, and plans on charging women with murder for using them.

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@RebeccaEliLong Congratulations! I'm excited to read it!

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@HillaryMelch You know, it's these same people who can't even read a word of any of the Bible's original languages. They have no idea what their "beloved" book even says. And they'll refuse to learn that too.

[Amanda Smythers, PhD @AmandaLSmythers]

In Jan 2020, 5 months in to my PhD program, I had an abortion. I lucked out that there weren’t protesters at planned parenthood that day. I cried myself to sleep that night and took a cume the following morning. I didn’t pass it. 1/7

[Dr. Theresa Chapple has moved to bluesky @Theresa_Chapple]

On Tuesday my mid child will be 6.5 years old.
I will be exactly 6 months away from paying off my 20% portion of her $1.2mil birth.
We can't be deciding as a country to force carrying pregnancies when we wont provide insurance that covers the cost.