Obstetric violence is violence against women

Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

For me it's also a reminder of the beginning of a pretty awful period in my life, a time in which I was called 'violent', 'evil', 'toxic', 'dangerous' and 'hateful', amongst other things. A time in which I was ostracised, had my livelihood threatened, & felt absolutely broken a…