Acquired haemophilia A diagnosed during pregnancy

Pregnancy-associated haemophilia A is an uncommon, acquired bleeding disorder which usually presents post-partum; very rarely it may present during pregnancy. No consensus guidelines exist on the management of this condition in pregnancy and very few cases have been reported in the literature. Here we describe the case of a woman presenting with acquired haemophilia A during pregnancy and outline the management of her bleeding disorder. We contrast her case with that of two other woman, presenting to the same tertiary referral centre, with acquired haemophilia A presenting post-partum. These cases highlight the heterogeneous management of this condition and how it may be successfully managed in pregnancy.

Gender, love and recognition in I Love Dick and The Other Woman

How might the idea of recognition offer a fresh slant on contemporary women’s writing? In this essay, we bring theories of recognition into dialogue with two literary works: Chris Kraus’s widely reviewed memoir I Love Dick and The Other Woman by the well-regarded Swedish novelist Therese Bohman. Our analysis focuses on recognition within the texts as well as its relevance to relations between texts and readers. We seek to clarify how attitudes to heterosexual love, feminism and same-sex identification are entangled and the broader implications of such entanglements. We are interested in how the protagonists engage the world as readers and the role of literature in shaping their identifications and attachments. Yet, a comparative analysis can also bring to light how a feminist habitus is predicated on class and education, suggesting that these two texts may invite rather different experiences of recognition.

The Other Woman (Collation)

This chapter investigates the significance of Dante’s decision to include his desires for another woman, whom he calls the ‘donna gentile’. Beginning with Kirkup’s discovery of a fresco in the Florentine Bargello that depicts a young Dante, the chapter explores how later readers have dealt with Dante’s introduction of this conflict of desires, which begins with Dante’s own reconsideration of the episode in the Convivio. While some have claimed that Dante later revised the work, this conflict of desires is crucial to the logic of his work. Although less widely adapted than his encounter with Beatrice, the ‘donna gentile’ episode has attracted some of Dante’s most attentive readers, from contemporaries such as Cino da Pistoia and Cecco d’Ascoli to the modernist poets W. B. Yeats and Eugenio Montale. Arguing for the profound significance of this episode, this chapter highlights Dante as not only the lover of Beatrice, but also the poet of multiple loves.

DESIRING DOMINATION: A POSTFEMINIST STUDY ON THE LYRICS OF LANA DEL REY’S ULTRAVIOLENCE ALBUM

Feminist movements are said to have served their purposes and achieved equality, empowerment, and emancipation for women. America thus enters the era of postfeminism. A redefined image of independent and free-spirited yet feminine women is brought through popular cultural products, creating a shift in the view of 21st century American women, one of which can be seen from their response toward male domination. It is expressed in the lyrics of songs compiled in Lana Del Rey’s Ultraviolence album. This study employs descriptive qualitative method by treating the lyrics with the same approach as poetry. The data are in the form of language features, such as words, phrases, clauses, lines, and verses related to women’s response to male domination. McRobbie’s notion of double entanglement allows this study to borrow the feminist concept of male domination. There are five male dominating conducts found in the lyrics: 1) marginalization in “Sad Girl”; 2) subordination in “Shades of Cool”, 3) stereotype in “The Other Woman”; 4) physical and psychological violence in “Ultraviolence”, sexual violence in “Fucked My Way Up to the Top”; 5) domestic workload in “Old Money”. Meanwhile, the women’s response toward male domination is expressed in “Brooklyn Baby”. The progressive postfeminists approach male domination differently from the conservative feminists. The female speaker of the lyrics comprehend that her men’s conducts are dominating her, yet she receives them with a manner full of desire. For her, every relationship has the luxury to define their own rules as long as there is a consensual agreement from both parties involved.Keywords: domination; lyrics; postfeminism; postnational; women

Intra-family differences in nutritional status between pre-school children and women

Background: National surveys have shown that in India even in families where women were normally nourished or over-nourished prevalence of under-nutrition in preschool children was high. The present study was taken up to assess the magnitude of intra-family differences in nutritional status between preschool children, their mothers and other women in the family and explore factors responsible for these differences.Methods: Nutritional status of pre-school children (height for age, weight for age and BMI for age) their mothers and other women (BMI) in urban low middle income group families were assessed. Intra-family differences in mother child pairs (4102); mother other women pairs (816); other woman and child pairs (981) and child-child pairs (941) were computed.Results: Stunting, underweight and wasting rates were higher in children of undernourished mothers as compared to normally nourished mothers. However even in children of over-nourished mothers stunting and underweight rates were high. If the elder child was stunted, underweight or wasted, the stunting, underweight and wasting rates in the younger children were higher. Prevalence of under-nutrition (BMI<18.5) in mothers was lower and over-nutrition was higher in other women. Over-nutrition rates in other women were higher if the mother was over-nourished.Conclusions: In view of the substantial intra-family differences in nutritional status it is imperative to operationalize universal screening of all pre-school children and women for early detection of wasting and over-nutrition and initiate appropriate interventions.