It's a control thing. But people hate that so they pull a Helen Lovejoy instead.
Don't worry, we're sure to spot Faith first. She's like this cleavagy slut-bomb walking around 'Ooh, check me out, I'm wicked-cool, I'm five-by-five.'
Willow ,'Get It Done'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
erikaj - Jan 05, 2011 9:54:52 am PST #14911 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Nora Deirdre - Jan 05, 2011 9:55:35 am PST #14912 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I think it's more about keeping women from having sexual and reproductive freedom and, by extension, returning to "traditional" roles.
Yes, it's misogynist to the extreme.
amyth - Jan 05, 2011 9:56:20 am PST #14913 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Whoa. I just lost the past 18 hours to a norovirus. My immune system must be totally shot because of all the stress I'm under. That was seriously unpleasant. My new onerous tasks:
1) Disinfect whole house for dogsitters
2) Disinfect self before I leave town, so that I don't give this to anyone in Portland (in a definite non-Lara Flynn Boyle capacity)
3) Convince self that I have not, in fact, moved to a higher plane where the consumption of food is now unnecessary.
LA-istas! I got all of your lovely email responses to my email, and I'll answer them soon. I've just been too sick to open the laptop until just now. A plan will be made, yay.
Jesse - Jan 05, 2011 9:57:20 am PST #14914 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also I think there are a good number of people who believe that family planning and abortion are pretty much the same thing.
Not New York State, thank goodness -- but the chain of clinics I worked for had to sign a thing saying they weren't even talking about abortion, in order to get the state family planning money.
Consuela - Jan 05, 2011 9:58:08 am PST #14915 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Also I think there are a good number of people who believe that family planning and abortion are pretty much the same thing.
Because if you are dirty enough to have sex, you should be forced to PAY for it.
The fact that often it's the infants that pay for it doesn't appear to be a factor in their calculations, IMO.
Cashmere - Jan 05, 2011 9:59:02 am PST #14916 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
but the chain of clinics I worked for had to sign a thing saying they weren't even talking about abortion, in order to get the state family planning money
These clinics have the same rule! They can't even say the word! And yet, crazy people with signs out front.
amyth - Jan 05, 2011 9:59:44 am PST #14917 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
And because it deserves its own post:
Much ~ma to Andi
~Ma to erika's mom
Kate, you are much on my mind today. Hope everything goes well!
Hayden, I said this on the book of Face, but I'll be keeping an ear out for you. I still can't believe that we haven't gotten together since you've been back in NC. Must be rectified!
Happy Anniversary, PixDesigns! Woo! See you soon!
Calli - Jan 05, 2011 10:00:56 am PST #14918 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Good heavens, amyth! I'm sorry. I'm home right now--do you need anything? I have an unopened jug of orange juice that I could bring right over. TP? Bread?
§ ita § - Jan 05, 2011 10:02:34 am PST #14919 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just lost the past 18 hours to a norovirus
I read this as noromovirus and worried! I don't want to stop shipping!
Calli - Jan 05, 2011 10:02:43 am PST #14920 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
The fact that often it's the infants that pay for it doesn't appear to be a factor in their calculations, IMO.
Well once the infants are born they've got that whole Original Sin thing on 'em, so they might as well start paying for it.