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Babies born to anaemic mothers have smaller brains, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/sep/09/babies-born-to-anaemic-mothers-have-smaller-brains-study-finds #GlobalDevelopment #GlobalHealth #ChildrensHealth #EarlyYearsEducation #Society #Children #Pregnancy #ParentsAndParenting #Education #LifeAndStyle #HealthWellbeing #Family #SouthAfrica #WorldNews #Africa #Neuroscience #Science
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Babies born to anaemic mothers have smaller brains, study finds
By Kat Lay, Global health correspondentKey regions of the brain linked to movement, learning and emotions were affected and may lead to cognitive problems
#Globaldevelopment #Globalhealth #Childrenshealth #Earlyyearseducation #Society #Children #Pregnancy #Parentsandparenting #Education #Lifeandstyle #Healthwellbeing #Family #SouthAfrica #Worldnews #Africa #Neuroscience #Science #TheGuardian #KatLay #Globalhealthcorrespondent
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Babies born to anaemic mothers have smaller brains, study finds
By Kat Lay, Global health correspondentKey regions of the brain linked to movement, learning and emotions were affected and may lead to cognitive problems
#Globaldevelopment #Globalhealth #Childrenshealth #Earlyyearseducation #Society #Children #Pregnancy #Parentsandparenting #Education #Lifeandstyle #Healthwellbeing #Family #SouthAfrica #Worldnews #Africa #Neuroscience #Science #TheGuardian #KatLay #Globalhealthcorrespondent
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Babies born to anaemic mothers have smaller brains, study finds
By Kat Lay, Global health correspondentKey regions of the brain linked to movement, learning and emotions were affected and may lead to cognitive problems
#Globaldevelopment #Globalhealth #Childrenshealth #Earlyyearseducation #Society #Children #Pregnancy #Parentsandparenting #Education #Lifeandstyle #Healthwellbeing #Family #SouthAfrica #Worldnews #Africa #Neuroscience #Science #TheGuardian #KatLay #Globalhealthcorrespondent
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Babies born to anaemic mothers have smaller brains, study finds
By Kat Lay, Global health correspondentKey regions of the brain linked to movement, learning and emotions were affected and may lead to cognitive problems
#Globaldevelopment #Globalhealth #Childrenshealth #Earlyyearseducation #Society #Children #Pregnancy #Parentsandparenting #Education #Lifeandstyle #Healthwellbeing #Family #SouthAfrica #Worldnews #Africa #Neuroscience #Science #TheGuardian #KatLay #Globalhealthcorrespondent
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To every man screaming about women “supporting” Lindsay Clancy…
Please look up Lucy Harrison.
She was murdered by her father after they had an argument about Trump.
Her dad said he “wouldn’t really mind” if Trump sexually assaulted her.
He shot and killed her.
He wasn’t even charged with a crime.
He claimed he was drunk and the gun discharged “by accident”.
Yet they hadn’t even been speaking after their argument and he took her by the hand and led her into the bedroom.
A minute later, she was dead. Shot point blank in the chest.
This man killed his own child.
“Accident” or not, there should have been accountability.
The only reason we even know it happened is because Lucy was a British citizen and they opened an investigation into what happened to her.
Texas just supported the child killer.
Being drunk is not an excuse for murder.
Even IF you believe he genuinely didn’t mean to do it, he still took her life.
Thats at the very least a manslaughter charge and yet he was charged with nothing.
That’s what being “supported” looks like.
When I first posted about her story in February, men flocked to his defence.
Saying how upset he was and that he didn’t mean to do it.
Lindsay Clancy has been visibly distraught in court and yet we’ve been told that doesn’t matter.
We’ve been told repeatedly there should be no sympathy for child murderers.
Yet when the murderer is a straight white man?
He gets the benefit of the doubt.
It’s assumed he was too drunk to know what he was doing.
He gets to go free and men say nothing.
If you won’t even consider that postpartum psychosis could mean Lindsay isn’t responsible, it’s patently absurd to excuse Lucy’s dad because he was drunk.
This has never been about protecting children.
It’s about shaming & controlling women and we see right through it.
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“Postpartum depression (PPD), also known as perinatal depression, is the most common complication of pregnancy and goes well beyond the “baby blues””
#PPD #PostPartumDepression #Pregnancy #Science
https://pennneuroknow.com/2026/09/08/beyond-the-baby-blues-the-neuroscience-of-postpartum-depression/ -
“Postpartum depression (PPD), also known as perinatal depression, is the most common complication of pregnancy and goes well beyond the “baby blues””
#PPD #PostPartumDepression #Pregnancy #Science
https://pennneuroknow.com/2026/09/08/beyond-the-baby-blues-the-neuroscience-of-postpartum-depression/ -
“Postpartum depression (PPD), also known as perinatal depression, is the most common complication of pregnancy and goes well beyond the “baby blues””
#PPD #PostPartumDepression #Pregnancy #Science
https://pennneuroknow.com/2026/09/08/beyond-the-baby-blues-the-neuroscience-of-postpartum-depression/ -
“Postpartum depression (PPD), also known as perinatal depression, is the most common complication of pregnancy and goes well beyond the “baby blues””
#PPD #PostPartumDepression #Pregnancy #Science
https://pennneuroknow.com/2026/09/08/beyond-the-baby-blues-the-neuroscience-of-postpartum-depression/ -
“Postpartum depression (PPD), also known as perinatal depression, is the most common complication of pregnancy and goes well beyond the “baby blues””
#PPD #PostPartumDepression #Pregnancy #Science
https://pennneuroknow.com/2026/09/08/beyond-the-baby-blues-the-neuroscience-of-postpartum-depression/ -
The Parenting Police
Sean Szeps investigates the constant flood of toys, shows, trends and advice thrown at modern families and decides what's worth your time and money...Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/the-parenting-police/
#AusPods #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Kids #Family #Parenting #Pregnancy #Families
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The Parenting Police
Sean Szeps investigates the constant flood of toys, shows, trends and advice thrown at modern families and decides what's worth your time and money...Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/the-parenting-police/
#AusPods #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Kids #Family #Parenting #Pregnancy #Families
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The Parenting Police
Sean Szeps investigates the constant flood of toys, shows, trends and advice thrown at modern families and decides what's worth your time and money...Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/the-parenting-police/
#AusPods #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Kids #Family #Parenting #Pregnancy #Families
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The Parenting Police
Sean Szeps investigates the constant flood of toys, shows, trends and advice thrown at modern families and decides what's worth your time and money...Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/the-parenting-police/
#AusPods #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Kids #Family #Parenting #Pregnancy #Families
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The Parenting Police
Sean Szeps investigates the constant flood of toys, shows, trends and advice thrown at modern families and decides what's worth your time and money...Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/the-parenting-police/
#AusPods #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Kids #Family #Parenting #Pregnancy #Families
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The vaginal microbiome may be an overlooked reservoir of antibiotic resistance
Researchers mapped nearly 2,000 vaginal metagenomes to investigate how microbial community states, resistance genes, and pregnancy outcomes inter…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #antibiotic #AntibioticResistance #AntimicrobialResistance #AU #Australia #Bacterial #Biofilms #Gene #Genes #Genetic #Labor #Lactobacillus #Microbiome #pregnancy #research #Tetracycline #Vaginal #VaginalMicrobiome
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/884074/ -
The vaginal microbiome may be an overlooked reservoir of antibiotic resistance
Researchers mapped nearly 2,000 vaginal metagenomes to investigate how microbial community states, resistance genes, and pregnancy outcomes inter…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #antibiotic #AntibioticResistance #AntimicrobialResistance #AU #Australia #Bacterial #Biofilms #Gene #Genes #Genetic #Labor #Lactobacillus #Microbiome #pregnancy #research #Tetracycline #Vaginal #VaginalMicrobiome
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/884074/ -
Families found complicit will lose access to all state welfare schemes. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/60-000-births-by-underage-mothers-in-just-6-months-west-bengal-govt-steps-up-child-marriage-hunt-cxczp1u2?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #underage #pregnancy #WestBengal #childmarriage
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Families found complicit will lose access to all state welfare schemes. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/60-000-births-by-underage-mothers-in-just-6-months-west-bengal-govt-steps-up-child-marriage-hunt-cxczp1u2?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #underage #pregnancy #WestBengal #childmarriage
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Families found complicit will lose access to all state welfare schemes. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/60-000-births-by-underage-mothers-in-just-6-months-west-bengal-govt-steps-up-child-marriage-hunt-cxczp1u2?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #underage #pregnancy #WestBengal #childmarriage
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Families found complicit will lose access to all state welfare schemes. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/60-000-births-by-underage-mothers-in-just-6-months-west-bengal-govt-steps-up-child-marriage-hunt-cxczp1u2?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #underage #pregnancy #WestBengal #childmarriage
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Former Strictly star Joanne Clifton and actor fiance AJ reveal their baby's gender
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Happy Labor Day make sure to go into labor today #pregnancy #LaborDay
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Happy Labor Day make sure to go into labor today #pregnancy #LaborDay
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Happy Labor Day make sure to go into labor today #pregnancy #LaborDay
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Happy Labor Day make sure to go into labor today #pregnancy #LaborDay
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Bariatric surgery restores menstrual cycles and reduces polycystic ovaries in obese women
Metabolic bariatric surgery improves menstrual cycle frequency and symptoms of polycystic ovaries in women living with obesity, a…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #AU #Australia #BariatricSurgery #fertility #Frequency #menstrualcycle #Obesity #Ovaries #pregnancy #reproductivehealth #research #Surgery #WeightLoss #WeightLossSurgery
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/883634/ -
Bariatric surgery restores menstrual cycles and reduces polycystic ovaries in obese women
Metabolic bariatric surgery improves menstrual cycle frequency and symptoms of polycystic ovaries in women living with obesity, a…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #AU #Australia #BariatricSurgery #fertility #Frequency #menstrualcycle #Obesity #Ovaries #pregnancy #reproductivehealth #research #Surgery #WeightLoss #WeightLossSurgery
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/883634/ -
What four pregnancy eating patterns revealed about mothers and newborns
Distinct eating patterns emerged among pregnant women, alongside striking differences in maternal health and subtler signals in how…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #AU #Australia #BirthWeight #Bread #Cancer #CardiovascularDisease #diabetes #diet #food #Fruit #maternalhealth #MediterraneanDiet #newborn #Nutrition #Obesity #pregnancy #Prenatal #Respiratory #RespiratoryDisease #Vegetables
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/882778/ -
What four pregnancy eating patterns revealed about mothers and newborns
Distinct eating patterns emerged among pregnant women, alongside striking differences in maternal health and subtler signals in how…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #AU #Australia #BirthWeight #Bread #Cancer #CardiovascularDisease #diabetes #diet #food #Fruit #maternalhealth #MediterraneanDiet #newborn #Nutrition #Obesity #pregnancy #Prenatal #Respiratory #RespiratoryDisease #Vegetables
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/882778/ -
https://www.europesays.com/ie/676133/ What four pregnancy eating patterns revealed about mothers and newborns #BirthWeight #Bread #cancer #CardiovascularDisease #diabetes #diet #Éire #food #fruit #Health #IE #Ireland #MaternalHealth #MediterraneanDiet #newborn #Nutrition #Obesity #Pregnancy #Prenatal #Respiratory #RespiratoryDisease #Vegetables
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Children of Men: The Remarkable Modern Classic Dystopian Thriller
This is a fantastic film co-written and directed by Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón. Children of Men launched in September 2006 and was a British-American production that met with critical acclaim.
The setting is London 2027 and the dystopian action thriller explores a bleak future world concept of human infertility and humanity on the verge of extinction. The way it delivers this concept is constantly thrilling, with the final 40 breathless minutes some of the most powerful cinema you’ll ever see.
Ramping Up the Intensity in Children of Men
This is the second time we’ve watched the film. The first was back around 2008 and the thing floored us, with many scenes sticking in our brains over the last 18 years. This second viewing has confirmed for us this is a modern classic.
Children of Men almost exclusively follows the viewpoint of Theo Faron (Clive Owen), a former political activity turned cynical salaryman.
He works in London where an oppressive British government enforces strict laws, especially on the immigrant population (which it actively seeks to destroy).
Okay, so some SPOILERS are ahead here. What transpires is Theo is kidnapped by his ex-wife Julian (Julianne Moore), who’s the highly intelligent leader of a far-left refugee liberation group. She manages to coerce him into helping transport the young refugee Kee (Clare-Hope Ashitey) out of the country.
The group is ambushed on their journey and Julian is shot and killed.
Theo travels with new group leader Luke (Chiwetel Ejiofor) to a safehouse. There Kee reveals to Theo she’s pregnant (the first known pregnancy in 18 years) and the gravity of the situation becomes apparent. Especially when Luke reveals his real intentions.
Theo flees the safehouse with Kee and plans to get her to a boat called the Tomorrow, which is off the coast of England and run by a far-left group called the Human project.
Before he begins the perilous journey, they have a reprieve at his friend Jasper’s house. Jasper (Michael Caine) has a discussion about chance and faith, whilst also revealing the fate of Theo and Julian’s young child.
Where Children of Men excels is with the build-up of all this. It just ramps up in intensity over the course of every new act, as what’s ahead of the above scene is psychologically draining.
It builds to a phenomenal scene where Theo has to help Kee give birth. The delivery of it all that follows by Clare-Hope Ashitey and Clive Owen is outstanding, playing out in a dingy flat in a Bexhill concentration camp.
If that wasn’t intense enough for the audience, there’s then a brutal 10-minute warzone sequence that follows. In this, Kee is kidnapped by Luke and Theo must do everything he can to save her and the new-born.
It’s a Shakespearean narrative arc for Theo. He goes from a heavy drinking, cynical schlub to saviour. As is Julian. Even though she’s only in the film briefly, her influence is a guiding force throughout it.
There’s a scene midway through the film where Kee makes it clear Julian told her she must trust Theo, no one but Theo. When Kee tell him that, he can’t understand why Julian would recommend him. But when it comes to the life or death struggle, Julian is correct. He’s a noble soul and puts his life on the line to save Kee and her daughter.
It’s a great bit of writing. There are certain people in life who you will, and can, trust implicitly and that’s quite rare. You can have friends, colleagues, or partners and yet you may not fully trust them given the weaknesses of human nature. Yet there, sometimes in unexpected forms, is someone grounded in a real sense of morality.
Thanks to Julian and Theo’s actions, Children of Men does end on a message of hope.
And despite the bleak nature of what we see, some of which now sadly reflects the socioeconomic and political crises of 2026, it’s a beautiful film to sit and observe.
If you’ve not seen it, now is the time. 20 years after its release it deserves a lot more attention beyond its cult classic status. And for our money, this was easily the best film of 2006.
The Production of Children of Men
Unfortunately, the film was a box office failure. Off its $76 million budget, it only returned $70.5 million. There were three main reasons for this:
- Poor marketing from the publishing studio
- Its US market launch on Christmas Day promoting a bleak concept
- Unconventional and challenging approach to science fiction
Universal Pictures only provided the film with 1,200 screens in the US to go with its Christmas Day launch window. This also coincided with other films the studio was promoting, such as the more patriotic United 93 (also an excellent film, but about the 9/11 attacks).
This means we’ve got another cult classic Ravenous (1999) type deal here. Great film, just poorly marketed, but one that’s since gained a sizeable cult film fan following (FFF).
Children of Men was adapted from P. D. James 1992 novel of the same name, but the film is considerably different to the novel. Alfonso Cuarón used A Clockwork Orange (1971) as the main influence for his concept. Once he was cast in the lead, lead actor Clive Owen worked closely with Cuarón and Timothy J. Sexton on the screenplay. His insights were so good, he was brought on as another writer and is credited in the film for that, too.
Most of the shoot was filmed in London, with East London (mainly as quite a bit of that area is a bit dingy and rundown). Cuarón used a lot of single-shot sequences for all of this, especially in the intense birth scene and warzone sequence.
For the warzone sequence, it took five hours (and much expense) every time Cuarón needed to single reshoot some sections. That included Clive Owen, placing a lot of demand on him. As he later said:
“Right in the thick of it are me and the camera operator because we’re doing this very complicated, very specific dance which, when we come to shoot, we have to make feel completely random”
20 years on and the relevance to modern life (especially with the scenes involving immigrants) is notably bleak. But, again, we must stress the film ends on a positive note.
And despite its commercial failure, the film was critically acclaimed at the time. It got three Oscar and BAFTA nominations and won for the latter in Best Cinematography and Best Production Design.
However, we do feel this should’ve been blitzing all Best Film of the Year awards. But there we go.
#AlfonsoCuarón #ChildrenOfMen #Cinema #dystopia #dystopian #Faith #Films #History #hope #Lifestyle #pregnancy #pregnant #thriller -
Children of Men: The Remarkable Modern Classic Dystopian Thriller
This is a fantastic film co-written and directed by Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón. Children of Men launched in September 2006 and was a British-American production that met with critical acclaim.
The setting is London 2027 and the dystopian action thriller explores a bleak future world concept of human infertility and humanity on the verge of extinction. The way it delivers this concept is constantly thrilling, with the final 40 breathless minutes some of the most powerful cinema you’ll ever see.
Ramping Up the Intensity in Children of Men
This is the second time we’ve watched the film. The first was back around 2008 and the thing floored us, with many scenes sticking in our brains over the last 18 years. This second viewing has confirmed for us this is a modern classic.
Children of Men almost exclusively follows the viewpoint of Theo Faron (Clive Owen), a former political activity turned cynical salaryman.
He works in London where an oppressive British government enforces strict laws, especially on the immigrant population (which it actively seeks to destroy).
Okay, so some SPOILERS are ahead here. What transpires is Theo is kidnapped by his ex-wife Julian (Julianne Moore), who’s the highly intelligent leader of a far-left refugee liberation group. She manages to coerce him into helping transport the young refugee Kee (Clare-Hope Ashitey) out of the country.
The group is ambushed on their journey and Julian is shot and killed.
Theo travels with new group leader Luke (Chiwetel Ejiofor) to a safehouse. There Kee reveals to Theo she’s pregnant (the first known pregnancy in 18 years) and the gravity of the situation becomes apparent. Especially when Luke reveals his real intentions.
Theo flees the safehouse with Kee and plans to get her to a boat called the Tomorrow, which is off the coast of England and run by a far-left group called the Human project.
Before he begins the perilous journey, they have a reprieve at his friend Jasper’s house. Jasper (Michael Caine) has a discussion about chance and faith, whilst also revealing the fate of Theo and Julian’s young child.
Where Children of Men excels is with the build-up of all this. It just ramps up in intensity over the course of every new act, as what’s ahead of the above scene psychologically draining.
It builds to a phenomenal scene where Theo has to help Kee give birth. The delivery of it all that follows by Clare-Hope Ashitey and Clive Owen is outstanding, playing out in a dingy flat in a Bexhill concentration camp.
If that wasn’t intense enough for the audience, there’s then a brutal 10-minute warzone sequence that follows. In this, Kee is kidnapped by Luke and Theo must do everything he can to save her and the new-born.
It’s a Shakespearean narrative arc for Theo. He goes from a heavy drinking, cynical schlub to saviour. As is Julian. Even though she’s only in the film briefly, her influence is a guiding force throughout it.
There’s a scene midway through the film where Kee makes it clear Julian told her she must trust Theo, no one but Theo. When Kee tell him that, he can’t understand why Julian would recommend him. But when it comes to the life or death struggle, Julian is correct. He’s a noble soul and puts his life on the line to save Kee and her daughter.
It’s a great bit of writing. There are certain people in life who you will, and can, trust implicitly and that’s quite rare. You can have friends, colleagues, or partners and yet you may not fully trust them given the weaknesses of human nature. Yet there, sometimes in unexpected forms, is someone grounded in areal sense of morality.
Thanks to Julian and Theo’s actions, Children of Men does end on a message of hope.
And despite the bleak nature of what we see, some of which now sadly reflects the socioeconomic and political crises of 2026, it’s a beautiful film to sit and observe.
If you’ve not seen it, now is the time. 20 years after its release it deserves a lot more attention beyond its cult classic status. And for our money, this was easily the best film of 2006.
The Production of Children of Men
Unfortunately, the film was a box office failure. Off its $76 million budget, it only returned $70.5 million. There were three main reasons for this:
- Poor marketing from the publishing studio
- Its US market launch on Christmas Day promoting a bleak concept
- Unconventional and challenging approach to science fiction
Universal Pictures only provided the film with 1,200 screens in the US to go with its Christmas Day launch window. This also coincided with other films the studio was promoting, such as the more patriotic United 93 (also an excellent film, but about the 9/11 attacks).
This means we’ve got another cult classic Ravenous (1999) type deal here. Great film, just poorly marketed, but one that’s since gained a sizeable cult film fan following (FFF).
Children of Men was adapted from P. D. James 1992 novel of the same name, but the film is considerably different to the novel. Alfonso Cuarón used A Clockwork Orange (1971) as the main influence for his concept. Once he was cast in the lead, lead actor Clive Owen worked closely with Cuarón and Timothy J. Sexton on the screenplay. His insights were so good, he was brought on as another writer and is credited in the film for that, too.
Most of the shoot was filmed in London, with East London (mainly as quite a bit of that area is a bit dingy and rundown). Cuarón used a lot of single-shot sequences for all of this, especially in the intense birth scene and warzone sequence.
For the warzone sequence, it took five hours (and much expense) every time Cuarón needed to single reshoot some sections. That included Clive Owen, placing a lot of demand on him. As he later said:
“Right in the thick of it are me and the camera operator because we’re doing this very complicated, very specific dance which, when we come to shoot, we have to make feel completely random”
20 years on and the relevance to modern life (especially with the scenes involving immigrants) is notably bleak. But, again, we must stress the film ends on a positive note.
And despite its commercial failure, the film was critically acclaimed at the time. It got three Oscar and BAFTA nominations and won for the latter in Best Cinematography and Best Production Design.
However, we do feel this should’ve been blitzing all Best Film of the Year awards. But there we go.
#AlfonsoCuarón #ChildrenOfMen #Cinema #dystopia #dystopian #Faith #Films #History #hope #Lifestyle #pregnancy #pregnant #thriller -
Children of Men: The Remarkable Modern Classic Dystopian Thriller
This is a fantastic film co-written and directed by Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón. Children of Men launched in September 2006 and was a British-American production that met with critical acclaim.
The setting is London 2027 and the dystopian action thriller explores a bleak future world concept of human infertility and humanity on the verge of extinction. The way it delivers this concept is constantly thrilling, with the final 40 breathless minutes some of the most powerful cinema you’ll ever see.
Ramping Up the Intensity in Children of Men
This is the second time we’ve watched the film. The first was back around 2008 and the thing floored us, with many scenes sticking in our brains over the last 18 years. This second viewing has confirmed for us this is a modern classic.
Children of Men almost exclusively follows the viewpoint of Theo Faron (Clive Owen), a former political activity turned cynical salaryman.
He works in London where an oppressive British government enforces strict laws, especially on the immigrant population (which it actively seeks to destroy).
Okay, so some SPOILERS are ahead here. What transpires is Theo is kidnapped by his ex-wife Julian (Julianne Moore), who’s the highly intelligent leader of a far-left refugee liberation group. She manages to coerce him into helping transport the young refugee Kee (Clare-Hope Ashitey) out of the country.
The group is ambushed on their journey and Julian is shot and killed.
Theo travels with new group leader Luke (Chiwetel Ejiofor) to a safehouse. There Kee reveals to Theo she’s pregnant (the first known pregnancy in 18 years) and the gravity of the situation becomes apparent. Especially when Luke reveals his real intentions.
Theo flees the safehouse with Kee and plans to get her to a boat called the Tomorrow, which is off the coast of England and run by a far-left group called the Human project.
Before he begins the perilous journey, they have a reprieve at his friend Jasper’s house. Jasper (Michael Caine) has a discussion about chance and faith, whilst also revealing the fate of Theo and Julian’s young child.
Where Children of Men excels is with the build-up of all this. It just ramps up in intensity over the course of every new act, as what’s ahead of the above scene psychologically draining.
It builds to a phenomenal scene where Theo has to help Kee give birth. The delivery of it all that follows by Clare-Hope Ashitey and Clive Owen is outstanding, playing out in a dingy flat in a Bexhill concentration camp.
If that wasn’t intense enough for the audience, there’s then a brutal 10-minute warzone sequence that follows. In this, Kee is kidnapped by Luke and Theo must do everything he can to save her and the new-born.
It’s a Shakespearean narrative arc for Theo. He goes from a heavy drinking, cynical schlub to saviour. As is Julian. Even though she’s only in the film briefly, her influence is a guiding force throughout it.
There’s a scene midway through the film where Kee makes it clear Julian told her she must trust Theo, no one but Theo. When Kee tell him that, he can’t understand why Julian would recommend him. But when it comes to the life or death struggle, Julian is correct. He’s a noble soul and puts his life on the line to save Kee and her daughter.
It’s a great bit of writing. There are certain people in life who you will, and can, trust implicitly and that’s quite rare. You can have friends, colleagues, or partners and yet you may not fully trust them given the weaknesses of human nature. Yet there, sometimes in unexpected forms, is someone grounded in areal sense of morality.
Thanks to Julian and Theo’s actions, Children of Men does end on a message of hope.
And despite the bleak nature of what we see, some of which now sadly reflects the socioeconomic and political crises of 2026, it’s a beautiful film to sit and observe.
If you’ve not seen it, now is the time. 20 years after its release it deserves a lot more attention beyond its cult classic status. And for our money, this was easily the best film of 2006.
The Production of Children of Men
Unfortunately, the film was a box office failure. Off its $76 million budget, it only returned $70.5 million. There were three main reasons for this:
- Poor marketing from the publishing studio
- Its US market launch on Christmas Day promoting a bleak concept
- Unconventional and challenging approach to science fiction
Universal Pictures only provided the film with 1,200 screens in the US to go with its Christmas Day launch window. This also coincided with other films the studio was promoting, such as the more patriotic United 93 (also an excellent film, but about the 9/11 attacks).
This means we’ve got another cult classic Ravenous (1999) type deal here. Great film, just poorly marketed, but one that’s since gained a sizeable cult film fan following (FFF).
Children of Men was adapted from P. D. James 1992 novel of the same name, but the film is considerably different to the novel. Alfonso Cuarón used A Clockwork Orange (1971) as the main influence for his concept. Once he was cast in the lead, lead actor Clive Owen worked closely with Cuarón and Timothy J. Sexton on the screenplay. His insights were so good, he was brought on as another writer and is credited in the film for that, too.
Most of the shoot was filmed in London, with East London (mainly as quite a bit of that area is a bit dingy and rundown). Cuarón used a lot of single-shot sequences for all of this, especially in the intense birth scene and warzone sequence.
For the warzone sequence, it took five hours (and much expense) every time Cuarón needed to single reshoot some sections. That included Clive Owen, placing a lot of demand on him. As he later said:
“Right in the thick of it are me and the camera operator because we’re doing this very complicated, very specific dance which, when we come to shoot, we have to make feel completely random”
20 years on and the relevance to modern life (especially with the scenes involving immigrants) is notably bleak. But, again, we must stress the film ends on a positive note.
And despite its commercial failure, the film was critically acclaimed at the time. It got three Oscar and BAFTA nominations and won for the latter in Best Cinematography and Best Production Design.
However, we do feel this should’ve been blitzing all Best Film of the Year awards. But there we go.
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 👨🚀🤰 A #space gynecologist examines why human #pregnancy in space remains largely theoretical.
High #radiation and #microgravity pose serious risks to both parent and fetus, while female #biology is historically underrepresented in space #research. With more #Artemis missions approaching, scientists urgently need more #data before #births beyond #Earth can be considered safe.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/birth-pregnancy-in-space/
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 👨🚀🤰 A #space gynecologist examines why human #pregnancy in space remains largely theoretical.
High #radiation and #microgravity pose serious risks to both parent and fetus, while female #biology is historically underrepresented in space #research. With more #Artemis missions approaching, scientists urgently need more #data before #births beyond #Earth can be considered safe.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/birth-pregnancy-in-space/
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CW: Pregnancy, Furry, Helluva Boss, Loona, Queen Bee
From April 2026
Art by @sapphicbump.bsky.socialWhen an extrovert adopts an introvert as a friend, sometimes things happen
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After Years of Silence, #Texas #Medical Board Issues Training for #Doctors on How to Legally Provide #Abortions
For the first time since Texas criminalized #abortion , the state’s medical regulator is instructing doctors on when they can legally terminate a #pregnancy to protect the life of the #patient — guidance #physicians have long sought as women died and doctors feared imprisonment for intervening.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-medical-board-abortion-training-doctors
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Spirituality & Religious Studies @spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com@spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com ·Moirai
In ancient Greek religion & mythology, the Moirai (a.k.a. in English as the Fates) were the personification of destiny.
There were 3 sisters named: Clotho, who was the spinner; Lachesis, who was the allotter; & Atropos, who was the inevitable, a symbol for death. Their Roman equals are the Parcae.
The Moirai’s role was to make sure that every being, mortal & divine, lived out their destinies. For mortals, this destiny went their entire lives & is pictured as a thread spun from a spindle. A spindle is the thing that Sleeping Beauty touched to become Sleeping Beauty.
Usually, they were considered to be above even the gods, in their role as enforcers of Fate. Zeus was even scared of them. Even though, in some stories, Zeus is able to command them. But these are rare.
The word Moirai (also spelt Moirae or Moerae) comes from Ancient Greek. This means “lots, destinies, apportioners.” It also means a portion, or lot of the whole.
In Dante’s Divine Comedy, the Fates are mentioned in both Inferno & Purgatorio by their Greek names. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the Weird Sisters (or 3 Witches) are prophetesses, who are deeply rooted in both the real & supernatural worlds.
The Moirai are:
- Clotho, the spinner. She spun the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle. Her Roman equal was Nona (“the 9th”), who was originally called upon in the 9th month of pregnancy.
- Lachesis, the allotter or drawer of lots. She measured the thread of life allotted to each person with her measuring rod. Her Roman equal was Decima (“the 10th”).
- Atropos, “inexorable,” or inevitable,” literally “unturning.” She was the cutter of the thread of life. She chose the manner of each person’s death. When their time has come, she would cut their life-thread with her shears. Think about the end of Disney’s Hercules, when our main man, Herc, went to save Meg from Hades’ domain. Herc’s life-thread turned gold when he saved. Her Roman equal was Morta (“the dead one”).
In the Republic of Plato, the 3 Moirai sing together with the music of the Seirenes. Lachesis sings the things that were, Clotho the things that are, & Atropos the things that are to be. Pindar, in his Hymn to the Fates, holds them in high honor. He calls them to send their sisters, the Hours (Eunomia, “lawfulness”; Dike, “right”; & Eirene, “peace”), to stop the internal civil strife.
In the Theogony, Hesiod describes the Moirai as daughters of the primeval goddess Nyx (“night”), & the sisters of the Keres (“the black fates”), Thanatos (“death”), & Nemesis (“retribution”). Later in the poem, Hesiod instead calls them daughters of Zeus & the Titaness Themis (“the Institutor”), who was the embodiment of divine order & law. This places them as sisters of the Hours.
In the cosmogony of Alcman (7th century BC), first came Thetis (“disposer, creation”) & then simultaneously Poros (“path”) & Tekmor (“end post, ordinance”). Poros is related to the end of all things.
Later, in the Orphic cosmogony, first came Thesis, whose ineffable nature is unexpected. Ananke (“necessity”) is the primeval goddess of inevitability who is entwined with the time-god Chronos, at the very beginning of time. They represented the cosmic forces of Fate & Time. They were sometimes called to control the fates of the gods. The 3 Moirai are daughters of Ananke.
In the Theogony of Hesiod, the 3 Moirai are personified as the daughters of Nyx & are acting the gods. Later they were daughters of Zeus & Themis, who was the embodiment of divine order & law. In Pluto’s Republic, the 3 Fates are daughters of Ananke (necessity).
The Moirai were supposed to appear 3 nights after a kid’s birth to determine the course of its life. At Sparta, the Temple to the Moirai stood near the communal hearth of the polis. Polis means “city” in Ancient Greek.
As the goddesses of birth who even prophesied the fate of the newly born, Elieithyia, the ancient Minoan goddess of childbirth & divine midwifery, was their companion.
The Erinyes, a group of chthonic goddesses of vengeance, served as tools of the Moirai. Chthonic means concerning, belonging to, or inhabiting the underworld. They inflicted punishment for evil deeds, particularly upon those who sought to avoid their rightful destiny. The Morai were confused with the Erinyes, as well as the death-goddesses, the Keres.
In earlier times, they were pictured as only a few, or perhaps only 1, individual goddess Homer’s Illiad speaks generally of the Moira, who spins the thread of life for men at their birth. She’s Moria Krataia, “powerful Moira,” or there are several Moirai.
In the Odyssey, there’s a reference to the Klothes, or spinners. At Delphi, only the Fates of Birth & Death were revered. In Athens, Aphrodite was called Aphrodite Urania, the “eldest of the Fates.”
In the older myths, they’re daughters of primeval beings like Nyx (“night”) in Theogony, or Ananke in Orphic cosmogony.
The Moirai could be placated as goddesses. Brides in Athens offered them locks of hair, & women swore by them. They may have originated as a birth goddesses & only later their reputation as the agents of destiny. The Moirai were also credited to be the inventors of 7 Greek letters – A, B, H, I, T, & Y.
The Fates had at least 3 known temples: Ancient Corinth, Sparta, & Thebes. The temple in Sparta was situated next to the grave/tomb of Orestes.
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Zachary Levi Expecting First Baby With Girlfriend Maggie Keating
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I've found out way too late that there's one thing making all the difference to avoid injuries: core muscles.
Ladies, do your best to tighten your pelvic muscles. I wish somebody had warned me about their importance before my 2 pregnancies.
At birth my second son weighted 4,2 kg and the impact on my pelvic floor was so devastating that I needed 3 rounds of rehab to be able to run or jump without leaks.
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