Joy had a long, and good, post about being in Generation X. I could relate to much of it, though not all. Part of the reason, I think, is parental age: my dad is much too old to be a Boomer, and my mother falls right on the edge. So they [...]
I read a lot of natural childbirth-midwifery-attachment parenting blogs, because I see a lot of good in those philosophies. I forget sometimes, though, that most of the people that are into that stuff are far to the left politically. (I joke to myself that I’m so far to the right that I came [...]
Yesterday was a good day, just too much going on. OLC had to take her naps on the run, and she was really worn out by the end of the day. I’m going to take a slower pace today, for both of us. Sometimes I think about making Monday my Sabbath day.
We [...]
I’ve been following the Althouse – Feministing battle of the boobs a little, and it’s been fun to watch Althouse lay down the I-was-a-feminist-before-you-were-even-in-diapers smack. It is ridiculous for a feminist blogger to stand in a look-at-my-boobs pose right in front of Bill Clinton in a group picture. I haven’t kept up with [...]
From Homeliving Helper on the joy of homemaking:
Homemakers are often described by career women as Stepford wives, as someone put it “popping out children and being subservient to their husbands”. Feminist career women get all upset when someone even hints that may be, women belong at home, yet they consider it normal to insult their [...]
I picked up a copy of the Minnesota Women’s Press (the local feminist paper) while we were out and about today. This column was, well, interesting: a Bloomington woman found herself without a car to drive to the transit Park and Ride (a mile and a half away), and transit adventures ensued.
She ended [...]
Some things that are floating through my head after wandering around the blogs:
I get the impression from some feminist blogs that they really hold both these beliefs, at the same time: 1) Abstinence does not prevent either pregnancy or STDs, and 2) Condoms are super-magical, perfectly reliable protection against both pregnancy and STDs–most of [...]
Linda Hirshman is so far out there that even many feminists don’t agree with her. In this article, she chronicles some of the reactions she’s gotten:
Everybody started hating Linda, apparently, when I published an article in the progressive magazine the American Prospect last December, saying that women who quit their jobs to stay home [...]
1. Last night I felt the first definite, unmistakeable baby movement! Up until now it’s been little flutterings.
2. Who has more gender-related proscriptions on their behavior and participation: Christian women in the Church or feminist men in feminism? I came across a spirited discussion the other day about whether men [...]
I really don’t know why I keep reading Ilyka Damen; it’s clear that she has had a deep drink of the feminist Kool-Aid.
In reference to this:
We’re also not supposed to equate the word “pussy” with “hopeless coward.” That’s really demeaning to women! It must stop.
….I’d like to know why “pussy” is offensive, but [...]