Resources

Social Services
Women’s Resources
Lesbian & Gay Resources
Sexual and Reproductive Health
Partnering & Intimate Relationships
Families
Body Positivity & Health At Every Size (HAES)
Disability
Grief & Loss


Social Services

 

Social Service Info Line: dial 211 for assistance with locating a particular resource

 

Crisis Resources
King County Crisis Clinic
24-hour Crisis Line: 866.4CRISIS (866.427.4747)

 

Homelessness and Poverty

 

Sophia Way
The Mental Health Chaplaincy
HopeLink

 

Services for individuals and families in need


Youth Eastside Services
Jewish Family Services of Seattle
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington

 



Women’s Resources

 

Feminist Faith Organizations
Faith & Feminism
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
Priests for Equality (Catholic)

 


Lesbian & Gay Resources

 

Community Organizations


Gay City (Seattle-based)
Seattle PFLAG
Seattle Pride

 

Open & Affirming Faith Organizations

 

Gay, Lesbian, and Affirming Disciples Alliance, Inc. (Disciples of Christ)
God Is Still Speaking (United Church of Christ)
Integrity USA (Episcopal)
Metropolitan Community Churches
Reconciling in Christ (Lutheran)
Reconciling Ministries Network (United Methodist)

 


Sexual & Reproductive Health

 

General Sexuality — Education and Understanding

 

Blog: Emily Nagoski: Sex Nerd
Store/Website: Babeland (sex toys, sex aids, classes offered in Seattle)
Website: Scarleteen: Sex Ed for the Real World

 

Christian Understandings of Sexuality that are Body-Positive


Book: Embodiment by Nelson
Book: Your Sexual Self, Sexuality and the Sacred, or Tender Fires by Ferder & Heagle

 

Reproductive Health Care


Website/Clinic: Planned Parenthood
Website: vaginapagina.com (all about female reproductive health)
Clinic: Aurora Medical Services (A Seattle Clinic)
Website: WA State’s Take Charge Program (low income reproductive health services)
Website: Vasectomy-Information.com (Male Sterilization)
Website: Information about Tubal Ligation and Essure (Female Sterilization)

 

Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth

 

Book: The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth by Wheeler
Author: Ina May Gaskin



Partnering & Intimate Relationships

 

Note: many of these resources are heteronormative, but I believe they still have something of value to offer to same-sex couples and hetero couples eschewing traditional gender roles.

 

Partnerships


Book: Five Love Languages by Chapman
Book New Rules of Marriage by Real
Book: Model For Marriage: Covenant, Grace, Empowerment and Intimacy By Balswick & Balswick
Book: Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by Gottman
Website: The Gottman Institute (resources, classes, find-a-therapist, etc.)

 

Cheating/Infidelity

 

Book: Getting Past the Affair by Snyder, Baucom, and Coop Gordon

 

Varieties of Intimate Relationships

 

Webpage: The Varieties of Intimate Relationship (from the website Information is Beautiful)
Book: Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships

 


Families

 

Childfree Families


Book: Baby Not on Board: A Celebration of Life Without Kids
Book: Two is Enough: A Couple’s Guide to Living Childless by Choice
Book: Beyond Motherhood: Choosing a Life Without Children
Website: Childfree Wiki

 

Parenting


Blog: Offbeat Mama
Book: Raising our Children, Raising Ourselves by Aldort
Book: Unconditional Parenting by Kohn
Book: Above All, Be Kind by Weil
Book: A Life’s Work by Cusk
Author: Dr. Sears (my friend Heidi’s advice: some good stuff, but overly perfectionistic!)
Webpage: Dr. Winnicott’s The Good Enough Mother
Website: The Natural Child Project

 


Body Positivity & Health At Every Size (HAES)

 

General Resources

 

website: The Body Positive
website: Everyday Bodies Project (note: you must have or sign up for a free LiveJournal account to view)
website: Love Your Body
PDF: 20 Ways to Love Your Body

 

Books

 

The Fat Studies Reader (ed. Solovay, Wann, Rothblum)
Health At Every Size by Linda Bacon
Fat! So? by Marilyn Wann
The Obesity Myth by Paul Campos
Lessons from the Fat-O-Sphere by Harding and Kirby
The Forbidden Body: Why Being Fat is Not a Sin by Shelley Bovey

 

Body diversity in the news

 

Non-dieters more successful at boosting health than dieters: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/25384.php
Genes Take Charge, Diets Fall By the Wayside: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/08/health/08fat.html

 

Blogs focusing on daily life as a fat person and/or fat activism


Living ~400lbs
Hortus Deliciarum
The Rotund
Big Fat Blog
Kataphatic

 

Blogs exploring health care, eating, and science

 

Fat Nutritionist
First, Do No Harm (experiences of fat people with medical professionals)
Junkfood Science (hasn’t been updated recently, but wonderful archives)

 

Finding a Size-Friendly Health Care Professional

 

Association for Size Diversity And Health (ASDAH) Database
Health At Every Size (HAES) Database
The Fat-Friendly Health Professionals List

 


Disabilities

 

website: Ouch!  It’s a Disability Thing (BBC’s disability website, including resources, blogs, podcasts, and humor!)
website: Greater Northwest Chapter of the National MS Society

 


Grief & Loss

 

Links

 

Comforting thoughts about death that have nothing to do with God

 

Informational Handouts

 

Self-care While Grieving
Common Symptoms of Grief
How to Support a Grieving Person

 

Zines

 

The Worst (from www.zinelibrary.info)

 

Podcasts

 

When Bipolar Illness Meets Grief: Kay Redfield Jamison on Becoming a Widow

 

Books

 

The Empty Chair: Handling Grief on Holidays and Special Occasions
The Loneliest Grief: A spiritual odyssey that began with a miscarriage
A Guide For the Bereaved Survivor (coping with grief symptoms)