Sween?! Damselesque?!
The very person who is enlightened enough to smile at my stubborn toddler and remark that “A strong-willed, assertive girl is a fantastic thing to see, even if it’s harder on you right now!” didn’t consider that the “girl” in question might actually be a BOY WITH LONG HAIR.
Gender roles. We simultaneously reject and embrace them.
For any of you who are local New England-ers, I am participating in the 2009 Boston Arts Festival. The annual event, now in its 7th year, is a three-day celebration of art, showcasing over sixty juried visual arists. The festival also features live music, dance, and other performing arts on two stages.
Boston Arts Festival
Christopher Columbus Park (Boston waterfront, between the North End and the Aquarium)
September 11-13, noon-6pm
http://www.bostonahtsfestival.com/
Hey guys, if you’re gonna be in Boston next weekend check out my friend Dave’s booth (is it a booth?) at the AHTS festival. (Get it?! “AHTS?!?” See what they did there? Yeah.)
Puppy cannot roll over.
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You need to watch this. NOW.
Kids eat free!
Taken in Greenville, SC during my cousin’s wedding weekend, 3 years ago.
MUST BE NICE, BRO.
That’s where we went for our honeymoon! And we stayed in the overwater bungalows, JUST LIKE THIS!
I would like to be there now.
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I can only assume that the reason this has only 15 “likes” is that ALL OF YOU HAVE MISSED IT.
Guys. ABSOLUTE SAVINGS.
Me: you know you have to take the pill for a whole month before it starts working, right?
Friend: what?? r u kidding?
Me: no
Me: and make sure you take it at the same time every day. and some antibiotics don’t react well with it, so check with your doc if you ever need to take any
Friend: this is too complicated, lol
Me: well, you could use something else, like nuvaring
Friend: ew, don’t you have to put those up inside you?
Me: yeah
Friend: no way that’s soooo gross
Yes, friend. Your vagina is soooo gross. Sigh.
She was raised in an incredibly conservative environment, and the only legit information she’s ever gotten about sex has come from me, and I’m happy to help, but sometimes I get sick of playing the “doctor” in the Yaz commericals. The disgust and ignorance so many young women express about their bodies is frustrating and sad.
(You’re beginning to see why I don’t want children, aren’t you? I’m already mom to about 85% of my friends.)
I suggest providing them all with a copy of Inga Muscio’s Cunt. If they bother to read it, they’ll feel very differently about their bodies when they’re finished. (It was only *after* reading this book, in my early-mid-twenties, that I stopped feeling embarrassed when I had to buy tampons, etc.)
And I agree with you, and say those things to people whenever I’m given the opportunity. Mostly, they’ve never given a thought to the disrespect with which they treat their own bodies. Sad.
My agency has been pretty up front about letting me know that my lack of religion is a big reason for me still not having a bambino. Lucky thing, I don’t live in New Jersey. I guess.This is ridiculous. Parents influence their children’s beliefs no matter what those beliefs are.
This has me enraged. According to the article:
“no person shall be deprived of the inestimable privilege of worshiping Almighty God in a manner agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience.” Despite Eleanor Katherine’s tender years, he continued, “the child should have the freedom to worship as she sees fit, and not be influenced by prospective parents who do not believe in a Supreme Being.”
I defy them to prove that the couple’s own religion, or rather, lack thereof, is somehow depriving their children of developing their own beliefs. I was raised CATHOLIC. All caps Catholic. Nine years of catholic school, several relatives who are priests, etc. etc.
Guess what? I am as agnostic as they come. We have chosen to raise our son without religion. Organized religion is just not our thing. But if he came to me and said that he wanted to explore religion, or spirituality, I would completely support that.
But what sticks with me in this case is that authorities have removed a young toddler from the only parents she’s ever known—parents they admit are highly moral people—on the grounds that they are “godless”. Because, you know, ripping a child from her loving family is something that God and Jesus and Allah and Jehovah and Buddha and Mohammed and all those dudes would TOTALLY be cool with. Totally.
I hope the ACLU rips them to fucking shreds.
