Our Society Is Slowly Going Mad

Our Society Is Slowly Going Mad This article by Wendy McElroy was posted four years ago. Killing the Good Samaritan This Article Published October, 2003 Sierra Times.com By Wendy McElroy The pricetag for decades of gender warfare is usually expressed in general terms -- for example [more...]

Date: 2007-09-16 15:30:35
Blog: No Apology...

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Big announcement: I’m starting a company!

Before I tell you about my company, I want to tell you that ever since I started spending eight hours a day on my blog - which was about two months after I started blogging - I have always thought of the blog as a business. People would marvel that I could spend so much time on something that is making no money, [more...]

Date: 2007-09-19 11:00:32
Blog: Brazen Careerist by Pen...

The West is no better than India

From an article on sex selection in India: A son will carry on the family name, become the breadwinner, look after you when you are old and, ... for genetic disorders more morally justifiable than gender selection? I suspect that in India, people ... looks down on the practice of sex selection abortion, and rightly so, and condemns India for aborting [more...]

Date: 2007-09-29 05:14:24
Blog: BIG BLUE WAVE...

The new eugenics - designer babies

Even some liberals don't approve. From feminist Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow's Designer Babies and the Pro-Choice Movement: OVER THE LAST century, ... has, for thousands, taken baby-making from the bedroom to the laboratory. In vitro fertilization (IVF ... out genes for late-onset, treatable diseases, such as colon cancer; sex selection is also popular [more...]

Date: 2007-09-21 17:55:02
Blog: Born Again Redneck...

The MJD Smorgasbord: Norv, Baby, Norv

The Mighty MJD's Smorgasbord runs every Monday. Do enjoy. • I'm running a little late today ... I usually like to get here about an hour before kickoff, but I don't make it today until about 12:30. The place is full ... no tables available [more...]

Date: 2007-09-24 18:20:51
Blog: Deadspin, Sports News w...

Meanwhile, in Russia

The government is offering a lottery for women to make more babies: ... presence suggests that it usually does matter if the baby is a boy or a girl ... you know that the gender gap in wages in Russia is enormous? Women earn on average somewhere around 50-60 [more...]

Date: 2007-09-14 17:15:44
Blog: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES...

Is There Anything Good About Men?

This is the title of a speech to the American Psychological Association by one Roy F. Baumeister ... and objective. He even tells gender warriors to leave the room! That's the way you know that Baumeister is not a gender warrior himself, obviously. Never mind that someone called Roy F. Baumeister [more...]

Date: 2007-09-16 04:12:53
Blog: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES...

Sex selection technology advertised in Indian newpapers?

What does it mean when people that already prefer the birth of male children over female are given the ability to choose the biological sex of their ... program in the world. Dr. Jeffrey Steinberg, medical director of the gender selection program ... because “there’s a strong preference in certain ethnic groups for gender selection, one way [more...]

Date: 2007-09-11 12:43:55
Blog: Feministing...

If You Dare Wear Hair There

If You Dare Wear Hair There September 14th, 2007 Today’s New York Times carries this article about “Nair Pretty,” the new depilatory product aimed at “first-time hair removers,” aka girls 10 to 15 years old.  The product comes in kiwi and peach scents, in packages that show illustrations of doe-eyed teenage girls, [more...]

Date: 2007-09-14 14:38:29
Blog: Feminist Law Professors...

First MySpace, Then Facebook, Now Harvard? (Edited to Add v.2)

You may recall several months back that MySpace kept removing a photo of a breastfeeding baby from a member’s page ( ... mom or the parent of a child/children of either gender (boys get anorexia, too) these topics affect [more...]

Date: 2007-09-17 16:45:39
Blog: IzzyMom ...

Christina Aguilera Will Have a Son

Christina Aguilera Will Have a Son Tue, 18 September 2007 It’s a boy! Christina Aguilera will give birth to a baby boy later this year, OK! magazine reports. The pregnant pop star has been shopping for gender-specific gifts ... her pregnancy to the public but Emmys Awards exec. producer Ken Ehrlic did let it slip: “We’re sensitive [more...]

Date: 2007-09-18 20:19:06
Blog: Just Jared...

Sitting Down with Slouching Mom

I am cross-posting this at The Wink. I read blogs. They're funny, intelligent, brilliant, poignant, honest, inspirational, authentic, passionate, ... down enough to leave them when I can. One name that is always there, no matter the blog ... . It was also a stand-in for the baby journaling I was so woefully remiss in doing. Although truth be told [more...]

Date: 2007-09-30 17:37:56
Blog: Tumble Dry...

baby-related

I feel like I should start all blog posts, emails, and telephone calls with “NO BABY YET” for the next few days until there’s a baby. ( ... be a while?) Yeah, there’s no baby here yet. We do, however, have all our birth supplies really ... we had to shop for locally (hydrogen peroxide and rubbing alcohol and baby wipes and… I don’ [more...]

Date: 2007-09-19 23:04:58
Blog: Making Things Up | Meli...

Obsessed With Ultrasound

I must say that I’m quite obsessed with ultrasound scan during pregnancies ... more scans this pregnancy than before. This is done about 4 weeks I’m pregnant with JS. Being ... . I had this scan at such early stage because I was experiencing pain in lower abdomen. To rule out ectopic [more...]

Date: 2007-09-11 10:35:11
Blog: MONTESSORIMUM.COM...

The curse of the family

Because Vien started talking about the gender of her lil bub…. and started all the mums on a major guessing game, I decided to share with y’all what gender this baby will be. No surprises, but it will be a boy. Yeupppp! No doubt about it. No, the Ob-Gyn did [more...]

Date: 2007-09-19 07:36:12
Blog: mott’s mutterings ...

A New Member Of The P.I.T Crew.

The P.I.T crew I speak of is my junior " Princess In Training" posse. It expanded to THREE on Tuesday night when my beautiful sister gave birth to gorgeous baby girl ... stylin though) Baaaaaahahaha! How fucking amazing are women!!!I have a new respect for my gender [more...]

Date: 2007-09-13 03:56:46
Blog: Much Ado about sumthin!...

Preggo Update

Well, I am up to 15 weeks now. Yippee! I've made it this far! I had my OB checkup on Tuesday ... , but maybe not significantly? My baby belly seems obvious as the nose on my face, but I really don't ... people already. I think that I have felt my first baby flutters, but I can't be quite sure [more...]

Date: 2007-09-15 00:46:57
Blog: Renee's Ramblings...

Joke's on me

Well, ha ha. Don't I look the fool here? Turns out that the quad screen showed an elevated level of something-or-other-medical-sounding in my blood ... other pregnancy. If my levels are still elevated then they'll take the extra precaution of having me go to the hospital once a week (starting at 36 weeks) for labor monitoring just to make sure [more...]

Date: 2007-09-14 18:21:28
Blog: Problem Girl...

Maybe She’s Not Pregnant???

Maybe She’s Not Pregnant??? Filed under: Baby Blabber Eva Mendes eva-cover.jpg ... that it isn’t legal in this country for consenting adults- no matter what their gender or sexual [more...]

Date: 2007-09-28 15:34:57
Blog: Celebrity gossip juicy ...

I Ran

I Ran October 2, 2007 – 6:29 am Actually, after watching this I couldn’t run: I was laughing too hard ... be no gays in Iran, but you’re in New York now, baby!” Can’t we all just get along? lyrics tk…oh, here [more...]

Date: 2007-10-02 06:29:26
Blog: raincoaster...

Sitting Down with Slouching Mom

I am cross-posting this at Tumble Dry. I read blogs ... enough to leave them when I can. One name that is always there, no matter the blog and no matter ... a stand-in for the baby journaling I was so woefully remiss in doing. Although truth be told I always [more...]

Date: 2007-09-30 17:39:01
Blog: The Wink...

This one is too long for a bulletin (09/11/2007)

This one is too long for a bulletin (HT: Marissa) 500 Questions, to kill some time. Who are you Name? ... When is your birthday?: April 24, 1981 Heritage?: Irish, French, Italian What gender [more...]

Date: 2007-09-19 20:12:40
Blog: #!/usr/bin/mom...

“From a very young age I thought I was a warrior. A warrior with one sword, which was just my voice.”

SCREAM AT THE SKY Thurston Moore & Byron Coley talk with YOKO ONO Originally published in Arthur No. 26 (Sept. 02007) Yoko Ono is a beauty. When we walk into the room for our interview she is stunning, vivacious, delightful and welcoming. We discover her handlers have deemed us worthy of only half an hour of access [more...]

Date: 2007-10-01 20:46:37
Blog: MAGPIE - Arthur Magazin...

Throwing the Baby Out With the Bath Water?

The first term I was a student at Antioch College, I had the remarkable opportunity to take an independent study in masculinities with a sociologist ... or other social theories she would always chime in reminding us to not “throw the baby ... , everyone has a gender identity and expression has already been done better than I could do it. Instead [more...]

Date: 2007-10-02 08:17:08
Blog: The Bilerico Project |...

The purpose of civilization . . .

I make my living as a hard-headed, practical man, but I live in a very abstract world. Because of the Anglin children, I’ve been thinking about the idea of fatherlessness, a topic I’ve written about in the past: I was doing that fatherstuff, to the extent I understand it, which amounts to teaching boys how to be men, and, in other circumstances, [more...]

Date: 2007-09-26 06:32:47
Blog: BloodhoundBlog: Real e...

Halle Berry Death Threats

Sometimes you read something in the news that absolutely turns your stomach, ... she shows off her baby bump, and talks about taking 33 pregnancy tests. She says she knew she was pregnant ... and got a doctor to do a blood test, but then I don’t have paparazzi taking my picture every time I leave [more...]

Date: 2007-09-27 09:57:24
Blog: Cele|bitchy ...

Breaking News: It’s a Boy for Xtina!

Breaking News: It’s a Boy for Xtina! It’s a boy for Christina Aguilera! ... that Xtina’s closest pals are all shopping for some pretty gender-specific gifts. “They’re all boy-themed ... telecast, let it slip to OK! last week when he said, “We’re very sensitive to her pregnancy.” [more...]

Date: 2007-09-19 00:01:54
Blog: Celebrity Mound ...

Stalker Threatens to Harm Halle Berry and Unborn Baby

Stalker Threatens to Harm Halle Berry and Unborn Baby (No Comments) Posted on September 26th, 2007 by Spicy Pants halle-berry-stalker.jpg ... ____________________ Other Halle Berry News: Gabriel Aubrey satisfies Halle Berry (BB) Berry keeping baby’s gender [more...]

Date: 2007-09-26 11:42:13
Blog: Celebrity Smack! Celebr...

Joel Madden Vows to Marry Baby-Mama

During a recent interview, Joel Madden claimed he and Nicole Richie plan to marry sometime soon, but they’re just not sure when ... they plan to wait to find out the gender of their baby. He then launched into an awkward conversation ... . They do, after all, have other pressing matters–such as the baby Nicole is carrying. “Obviously [more...]

Date: 2007-09-19 14:30:26
Blog: Celeb Warship: Celebrit...

Film Clips: Women Filmmakers -- You Go, Girl!

Filed under: Independent, Telluride, Columns, Film Clips, Toronto International Film Festival, ... attendees. The panel topic: "Is There a Woman Behind Every Good Movie? The Gender Shift in the Film World ... ! Isn't that cute," she drolled in a cutsie "let's talk to the baby like it's an idiot" voice [more...]

Date: 2007-09-15 20:02:00
Blog: Cinematical...

Gender and Fan Culture (Round Seventeen, Part Two): Melissa Click and Joshua Green

MC: How do we proceed in fan studies--what do we agree belongs in this category, and what should be left out? There seems to be an agreement (if only a reluctant one) among folks in this discussion on the idea that the category "fan" should be broadened. Concern has been expressed, however, that if we make it too broad, it will lose its meaning [more...]

Date: 2007-09-28 04:09:59
Blog: MIT Convergence Culture...

Gender and Fan Culture (Round Seventeen, Part One): Melissa Click and Joshua Green

This is part of the Gender and Fan Studies series that is running over on Henry Jenkins' blog. MC: Hi, I'm Melissa Click and I'm completing my dissertation on Martha Stewart fans (at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst), teaching at the University of Missouri, Columbia, [more...]

Date: 2007-09-27 23:50:41
Blog: MIT Convergence Culture...

Halle Berry Wants More Children

Halle Berry Wants More Children September 22nd, 2007 at 7: ... birth to baby number one she is going to start trying for baby number 2. And who can blame ... that she doesn’t want to find out the gender of the child. I couldn’t do that! I had to find out right away. Did [more...]

Date: 2007-09-22 11:52:46
Blog: I’m Not Obsessed - Cele...

Hollow Victory for Women

Hollow Victory for Women September 17th, 2007 by themiddle The Jerusalem Post reports that an IDF commission has ruled that women should not be ... to three years) and that gender should no longer play any role in assigning roles in the military ... , because we can do it and we must stop allocating duties by gender.” Not only career military women [more...]

Date: 2007-09-17 18:15:35
Blog: Jewlicious ...

I am thankful for friends...

9/27/2007 09:26:00 PM Sweet Comments (13) Monday, September 24, 2007 An Introduction and a Giveaway... ... you’ve seen my baby! Now I stay home fulltime because I wouldn’t dare to leave my two tornadoes [more...]

Date: 2007-09-27 18:03:09
Blog: Laurel Wreath...

An Introduction and a Giveaway....

This is now closed,winner will be announced tomorrow....good luck ... you, you haven’t seen beautiful until you’ve seen my baby! Now I stay home fulltime because I wouldn’t dare [more...]

Date: 2007-09-24 13:19:00
Blog: Laurel Wreath...

Women are the new men on TV

Women are the new men on TV Posted by Salon on 12 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: News, Television, Gender Here’s the good news: When you turn on your television this fall, you’ll be watching more women [more...]

Date: 2007-09-12 17:44:16
Blog: MediaChannel.org...

The Peace Corps with Muscles

RAMADI, IRAQ – Now that major combat operations are finished almost everywhere in Iraq’s Anbar Province, the United States Army and Marine Corps are more like a United Nations peacekeeping force with rules of engagement that allow them to kill if they have to [more...]

Date: 2007-10-01 07:14:08
Blog: Michael J. Totten...

GODMOMA HERE BE ALL YOU CAN BE Godmoma Here Elektra : 1981 Out of Print SEX SHOOTER (DEMO) SEX SHOOTER (EXTENDED DANCE MIX) ... P-Funk vocalists Cynthia "Sugar Baby" Girty, Arnenita "T Baby" Walker, and Carolyn "Baby Kay" Myles [more...]

Date: 2007-09-27 04:24:01
Blog: MOISTWORKS : AN MP3 BOO...

Andrea Learned: Judging a Book by Its (Pink) Cover

The marketing of some children's books is getting increasingly gender-specific. In fact, some book marketers are forcing a gender stereotype that needn't be forced. The same ... to you! * * * * * I attended a baby shower this past weekend, and got into a great conversation about favorite [more...]

Date: 2007-09-27 13:21:10
Blog: Marketing Profs Daily F...

The rationalizations of the trans-stripped ENDA crowd fall flat

Michelangelo Signorile gets to the heart of the problem of the rationalizations of some in our community that the incremental approach, ... out whole groups of people. Another comparison I've seen from those who support dropping gender [more...]

Date: 2007-09-30 21:34:11
Blog: Pam's House Blend ...a...

Hair today, gone tomorrow

Filed under: Moms, Dads, 12-18 months, 5 years I am bald. Or more like I am balding, although my hair has basically reached its pinnacle of baldness ... baby". My wife Stephanie has a thick, luxurious mane of rich, brown hair. It is so thick ... on what his gender actually is. This is usually an indication to get his hair trimmed, and I fight the urge [more...]

Date: 2007-09-12 09:25:00
Blog: ParentDish...

Mark Ruffalo is having a baby girl!

Filed under: Pregnant celebrities, Celebrity parents Mark Ruffalo and his wife, Sunrise Coigney, are on their way to a slightly larger family. The couple recently announced that they're expecting baby number three. They already have a son ... be outnumbered. There's no name yet -- or, at least, that's what the pair are telling the press [more...]

Date: 2007-09-12 10:30:00
Blog: ParentDish...

Stressed women more likely to have girls?

Filed under: 0-3 months, Third trimester, High-risk pregnancyThere are a million old wive's tales about how to create a boy baby, how to make a girl ... , and note that it's odd that stress seems to skew the sex ratio of babies when gender of a baby ... , which cites recent research that says stressed out mamas are more likely to have baby girls than [more...]

Date: 2007-09-23 10:00:00
Blog: ParentDish...

Doing it Differently Blog Carnival, 11th Edition

Welcome to the 11th edition of the Doing it Differently Blog Carnival! This carnival is dedicated to the concept of stepping outside of the box and living our lives in ways beyond the "norm"! Whether you want to learn unique ways to think or act differently, or if you want to share your own unique ideas, this carnival is for you! [more...]

Date: 2007-09-16 03:44:24
Blog: Today is that Day Perso...

Preview: Kid Nation

CBS has announced their newest series, Kid Nation. 40 children of various ages will be left parentless in a vacant town in New Mexico. Asked to create their own society, the children will be free from any parental supervision whatsoever, and will be left to care for themselves [more...]

Date: 2007-09-14 22:17:24
Blog: TVgasm: The Best Recaps...

ms ministry summit notes, part 2

the ys middle school ministry summit took place at spring hill camp in evart, michigan, in mid-september. 45 paid junior high or middle school-only youth workers attended. these are the mostly unedited notes. remember, they’re notes on a dialogue of 45 voices, [more...]

Date: 2007-09-22 10:00:14
Blog: ysmarko...

ms ministry summit notes, part 4

the ys middle school ministry summit took place at spring hill camp in evart, michigan, in mid-september. 45 paid junior high or middle school-only youth workers attended. these are the mostly unedited notes. remember, they’re notes on a dialogue of 45 voices, not a refined set of ideas… FOLLOW UP ON STUDENTS Areas of follow-up [more...]

Date: 2007-09-26 10:00:46
Blog: ysmarko...

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