if we as a society ever get to the point where "legal ability to be an Olympic medalist" is the most pressing issue in sex/gender discrimination, I think we'll be doing pretty well.
Right on.
Early: So is it still her room when it's empty? Does the room, the thing, have purpose? Or do we -- what's the word? Simon: I really can't help you. Early: The plan is to take your sister. Get the reward, which is substantial. 'Imbue.' That's the word.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Aug 21, 2009 6:04:01 am PDT #4853 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Cashmere - Aug 21, 2009 6:04:58 am PDT #4854 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Seska, We do ave FMLA--Family Medical Leave Act--which requies employers to let employees take 12 weeks UNPAID leave for family or medical reasons. Most employers here ue that or some use Short term disability insurance to give mothers a week or two of pay--AFTER the person exhausts ALL their paid vacation and/or sick leave. It's a crap system that means any family who can't afford any appreciable time without a paycheck to put wee babies in daycare immediately at considerable expense for the parents.
God bless the US of A. @@
Vortex - Aug 21, 2009 6:05:11 am PDT #4855 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Didn't they use that in an episode of House (although I think they changed it to gymnastics)?
They used it on an episode of "Mental", but it was a boy who'd had a botched circumcision that they raised as a girl.
Jessica - Aug 21, 2009 6:05:21 am PDT #4856 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
JZ, is there no Montessori alternative that's even remotely affordable? (Presuming, of course, that you'd even be down with the Montessori style.) Here it was $3K for four months, which at least breaks down to something more reasonable.
Not JZ, but in Brooklyn the Montessouri schools charge about the same as everyone else. i.e., A Whole Lot, If Not More.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 21, 2009 6:06:19 am PDT #4857 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
They used it on an episode of "Mental", but it was a boy who'd had a botched circumcision that they raised as a girl.
No, but I'm pretty sure they used that on House, since I've never watched Mental, and I remember the condition.
Jessica - Aug 21, 2009 6:07:40 am PDT #4858 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
There was definitely an intersex tween episode of House - the kid was being raised as a boy and forced to play basketball even though s/he wanted to take dance? Or something?
brenda m - Aug 21, 2009 6:08:22 am PDT #4859 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Didn't SVU do that one also?
Fred Pete - Aug 21, 2009 6:09:03 am PDT #4860 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
All ~ma for M, Aims.
erikaj - Aug 21, 2009 6:11:12 am PDT #4861 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
Also, the model that had biologic boy-parts. Yeah, Jessica, I liked the ep until they entwined Thirteen's (gasp) bisexuality with it...I think that's when I stopped watching regularly.
flea - Aug 21, 2009 6:12:19 am PDT #4862 of 30001
information libertarian
Legally, employers with more than 50 staff have to give unpaid leave for up to 12 weeks as "maternity leave." It's the unpaid part that's the pisser. Many, many workplaces have no paid maternity leave at all, or require you use short-term disability insurance to cover it. As recently as, I believe, 1978, you could legally be fired for getting pregnant, even if you worked in an office job where your "condition" in no way interfered with your ability to work.
In Georgia there is near-universal preK, thanks to state funding. In public schools it runs 7:45-2:30 and aftercare is $6 a day. (Pause to celebrate my last child's eligibility for this come next fall!) They also fund day care centers to have special preK classes that are free. In many ways GA is not progressive, but they have some interesting public education initiatives. (In-state public college/university tuition is free if you keep a B or better average, as another example.)