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Agreed
“If Planned Parenthood, the Family Research Council and the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unwanted Pregnancy really want to reduce unwanted teen pregnancies, they should study such factors as poverty, the older ages of male partners, the advantages having children afford poorer young women and the plunge in births among married teens and adults, […]
Posted by Melissa on July 21st, 2008 under Boyfriendlies, Flaming Ovaries | 5 Comments »Family Tree of a Modern Child
As NB and I continue on this little journey and sometimes discuss what’s next, we have noticed something. Our kids have a lot of unexpected siblings.
Daniel and Brett have Sister 1 and Sister 2 at their dad’s. Add in NB’s daughter, E, let’s say. Even if we aren’t living together *yet* nor […]
Voted
Until the very moment I filled in the bubble next to the candidate’s name, I had no idea who I was voting for.
I knew this much: Democratic, Clinton or Obama.
I liked certain parts about each candidate. I disliked certain parts. I sat here the past few days and reread over their voting records […]
Cooking Fiend
I have been in the mood to cook lately. Most of you do not know NB, but he seems to rather enjoy having a woman in the kitchen cooking for him. Odd, that men like that. I can’t imagine where they get this.
(No worries, he has a garage door to affix and […]
Does it enrage you that your nipples are just sitting there, mocking you with their vestigiality?
Once upon a time I was a breastfeeding mother. I was a tandem breastfeeder for a bit because Daniel would have nursed until tomorrow I had never had a little brother get in his way, taking up all that good lap space.
And I nursed in public, where people actually told me to […]
Saddened another year…happy I’m not alone
An email in my inbox this afternoon:
Colleagues,
If perception is reality, the perception of the college and the college’s attitude toward women has deteriorated over the past few years. The last two years have seen our gender reduced to breasts, makeup, hair, fashion and plastic surgery (please add pole dancing to the list).
This is […]
DO NOT WANT. WILL STAY FAT.
Holy mother of the gods, do ya’ll know about this ALLI stuff?
From their website:
~ While no one likes experiencing treatment effects, they might help you think twice about eating questionable fat content. If you think of it like that, alli can act like a security guard for your late-night cravings.
~ You may not usually […]
Dear Patriarchy, part 5928872
You can suck it.
Suck. It.
Do you hear me?
Just because I was the wife in a nearly ten year marriage does not mean that I am automatically “secondary” on all of our accounts and suddenly HAVE NO CREDIT.
Three cars (two in my name only for fuck’s sake), one mortgage, on-time utilities, and several credit cards […]
Woman!!!
I love the bumper sticker that reads, “Woman, behold your son,” with an ultrasound image of a fetus.
We all think abortions suck, mightily. But some of us, you know, the women with the uteri and the lifetime of parenting and financing ahead of us, also know that sometimes abortions are necessary. You don’t […]
Fascinating
Upon applying for private health insurance…*
Contraceptive Coverage Option
If your application is accepted, benefits for contraceptive drugs and devices may be included in your health care coverage unless you check the box below. (Checking this option will not affect your premium).
For moral, ethical or religious reasons, I do not want benefits for contraceptive drugs and devices […]
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