Okay, okay, enough already with the vagina. Even I, with my newfound comfort level around the correct for term lady-parts, am getting a little tired of the jokes. (Though, I must say, my favorite from this list of “Vagina” alternatives has GOT to be “God’s Stab Wound.”) Something I hinted at in my previous post, […]
Sea Turtles = Humans!
Full disclosure – I did not take this picture, nor do I know who did. I don’t know if it’s new, or if it’s been around for a while. I don’t even know if this is an argument any actual thinking human being is attempting to make, or if this guy is being filmed as […]
An Open Letter to Pro-Lifers
I could tell you I was raped. (I wasn’t.) I could tell you I am a victim of incest. (I’m not.) I could tell you my life would be in danger if I got pregnant. (Partly true, but for this discussion, let’s say not.) I could tell you I’m mentally challenged or ill. (I don’t […]
Why am I not cheering?
In a stunning reversal on an equally stunning mistake, Susan G. Komen For the Cure has apologized and restored funding to Planned Parenthood for breast exams and screenings. Why am I not thrilled? Maybe because despite the evidence of the absolutely mind-boggling power of social media, this whole episode is symptomatic of a much larger societal […]
Small Comfort for Mothers, Fetuses, and Jews
Part Four (closely related to Part Three) of I-Don’t-Know-How-Many in a series of posts inspired by “Miss Representation.” If you haven’t seen the trailer for this movie, and you have 8 minutes, please watch it here now. A very good and sweet friend sent me a 33-minute video and asked my opinion. A man named […]
HR 358 – Protecting life? Letting Women Die? Neither?
Part Three of I-Don’t-Know-How-Many in a series of posts inspired by “Miss Representation.” If you haven’t seen the trailer for this movie, and you have 8 minutes, please watch it here now. A great friend of mine is supremely frustrated that people in the middle are being drowned out by the shouts of extremists on […]