I guess they aren't using it like the TMNT
The next time you decide to stab me in the back... have the guts to do it to my face.
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-t - Mar 03, 2010 4:19:57 pm PST #11954 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
javachik - Mar 03, 2010 4:21:29 pm PST #11955 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Yeah, they're not radical. "Unconventional" in more industrialized countries is pretty much it.
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Steph L. - Mar 03, 2010 4:24:03 pm PST #11956 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Unconventional! That's a better word for what I mean.
P.M. Marc - Mar 03, 2010 4:42:55 pm PST #11957 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I will say, extended breastfeeding is the norm in AP communities. Sometimes, I feel like a weird person for parent-led weaning at 3 years, 11 months rather than letting her self-wean. It doesn't honestly feel that unconventional, but there are a lot of APers in my neck of the woods.
Stephanie, IIRC, did EC with Ellie in PR.
flea - Mar 03, 2010 4:49:04 pm PST #11958 of 30000
information libertarian
Stats I found suggest about 6% of women are breastfeeding at all at age 2. I would say among the mainstream well-educated, upper middle class, crunchy but not too crunchy population (i.e. shops at Whole Foods but not at the food co-op), the standard is to reach 1 year and then wean.
Jessica - Mar 03, 2010 4:51:55 pm PST #11959 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
EC is way too trendy to be called "radical."
And as for whether or not it works, the evidence is pretty scanty. For some kids, it gets them potty-trained earlier. In most cases, it's the stay-at-home parent who's being trained, not the kid.
I'm very surprised to hear that breastfeeding past 2 years is considered outside the norm - I don't know any SAHMs in my local circle who had weaned by then. (Dylan self-weaned early because I was back at work full time and couldn't pump enough to keep my supply up.)
Jessica - Mar 03, 2010 4:57:22 pm PST #11960 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
i.e. shops at Whole Foods but not at the food co-op
Heh. (And also Oh, That Explains It. Most of my immediate social circle is still boycotting WF over the CEO's healthcare hissy fit, and our food coop has its own Wikipedia page.)
Hil R. - Mar 03, 2010 5:00:20 pm PST #11961 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Heh. Most of my circle boycotted Whole Foods for a week or two after that healthcare thing, but then it got to be too much of a pain, except for the people who live right near an independent health food store or coop.
brenda m - Mar 03, 2010 5:01:17 pm PST #11962 of 30000
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
I'm kind of glad I don't have a convenient Whole Foods (and also am pretty cheap) so I don't have to grapple with that issue.
amych - Mar 03, 2010 5:01:40 pm PST #11963 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
our food coop has its own Wikipedia page.
I'm fairly sure your coop has its own variant of fandom_wank, and I don't even live there.