I read this post about free spaces some time ago. I think the more free spaces you have[energy level,intelligence, likability] the easier it is to look down on people with fewer free spaces. You see people crashing into invisible walls that you move through easily... It's easier to just say they are lazy, terrible, failures. If only they had worked harder, were better people, they would be able to tear down those walls that don't affect you. That's the tyranny of our individualist ideology. Every stumble is a moral failure.

I bought the new civ 4 expansion. The new animations are sweet, and hey! my Ethiopian warriors are black now.

Please avoid going outside, or you'll end up thinking like this person. Please go to a cooling center or request a fan. I'd rec the center if you can get transport.

I am now fascinated by birth and you will read so many stories about babies you'll puke. And more on that.

In Africa, people are fighting against maternal deaths. The Campaign to Stop Fistula.

While I'm typing, my really loud classmate reminds you all that IF YOU DON'T PUT YOUR CHILD IN A FRONT FACING CAR SEAT UNTIL IT IS 1 YEAR OLD AND 20 POUNDS, YOUR CHILD'S NECK WILL SNAP AS IT IS EXPOSED TO 7 Gs OF FORCE. But really, seriously, rear facing car seat.

Memphis people talk about how AIDs is ravaging the community.

Older Latino/a jewelry designers needed.

Etsians struggle with life.

"Nethack isn't just a game, it's a lifestyle"- my misogynist friend.

I will now inaguarate a new tag- fighting the woo. Woo is a skeptic's term meaning paranormal, newage or just plain wrong stuff. I may start posting things on how science works, why many of us prefer science over other ways of knowing, and the like.

To avoid birth woo, talk to your health care professional. Communication is the key for a birth experience that is both safe and comfortable.

Unrelated: HIV is being spread through the sex trade in Asia.

Skeptics!

The women and children of Afghanistan still suffer today.

Today's big etsy fight.

$500 for a purse? Go to etsy

White people, don't do this shit.

Ok,ok, nobody should do this shit. I may be on vacation from saving the world, but no LJ=domestic abuser ok?

More LULZ

Your husband is a dick, lady.

Etsy folks freaking out.

MMR myths debunked.

Canadians warn of unassisted birthing dangers. 15% is way too high, even with self selection for less complicated pregnancies.

Birth centers. You don't have to shove a baby out alone if you want a better bedside manner.


The Farmer's Market Nutrition Programs. I got delicious fresh green beans today.

Contrasting stories.

Freepers react to child deaths.

The same child deaths from a more liberal perspective.

The person who crossed out the cusswords in Little Bitty Lies(Cordova Library) didn't cross out peckerwood. Also I bought a copy of Right Wing Women for 50 cents!

Man, what a dick this guy is! Oh the poor guys! Their lives were changed! What about the poor woman?

I'm not the shining picture of trans enlightenment, as I am a dick, but yea... do refrain from talking about 'transies' and their sparkling cocks. Us prudes thank you in advance.

I'm against porn, but a playboy cake for one's 18th birthday isn't cause for yelling SLUT!!

Read Kirby Rainbow Resort and I'll be back this afternoon for a feministe highlight reel.

We talked about our family constellations in class and this girl asked if I felt left out because I was a girl, and I was like no, we all played unisex games like basketball and video games(and anyway, I was slightly older than my girl cousins, so even though sometimes I had to give my my little ponies to my cousins, I could boss them around when we played school.) So that caused me to remember a really cute Kirby memory- I loved the little first you draw a circle, then you dot the eyes, animation on Kirby's Dreamland. It was so cute!

*I've decided on a new tag 'aspie talk' for me blathering on whatever my new obsession is. The fact is that even my imaginary audience for this blog doesn't have enough of an inhibiting effect to stop my blathering.