Taking up space and the power of anger with Bonnie Hughes

 Bonnie Hughes is a midwife, with a background in musical
theater and journalism. She is the creator of the podcast series
Making a Midwife, and an animation film-maker hobbyist. Bonnie is
passionate about the power of story, and how the stories we tell
ourselves, the stories we live, the stories we are part of, and
the characters we play in those stories shape the future. Bonnie
explores, both through her midwifery work and her art how she can
create a positive and uplifting impact for both midwives and the
women and families in her care. 


This episode will fuel your day tenfold when you hear us
talking  about the importance of taking up space and the
power of anger.


We discuss: 


·      Working as a newly qualified midwife.
 


·      Her incredible stop animation film titled
‘Big Trouble’ 


·      How society puts girls and women into a
place where they have to earn their worth.


·      How women are conditioned to be small in
size and mind, and the constant worry about how much space we
take up in the world. 


·      We touch on how almost every woman in a
maternity unit talks about their size, whether pregnant or
not. 


·      We discuss how anger destroys us when we
silence ourselves and let it fester. 


·      And we ask “How can we use anger for its
best purpose?” 


LINKS
Bonnie Hughes films


Big Trouble


The shared anatomy of Students and Midwives


Rage becomes her: the power of women’s anger by Soraya
Chemaly 


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