tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627855023521770072.post6091398952469701909..comments2023-06-16T03:54:00.078-05:00Comments on From Austin to A&M: Ladies who choose not to have babies are not brokenCourtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351518605068734277noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627855023521770072.post-89599718963397234612010-05-07T14:53:17.206-05:002010-05-07T14:53:17.206-05:00Fuckin' A! I love the response that Arizona gi...Fuckin' A! I love the response that Arizona gives. It really is arrogant of people to 'diagnose' childfree people.Rochellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09297877486316287530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627855023521770072.post-5288094478413036862010-05-06T00:11:45.880-05:002010-05-06T00:11:45.880-05:00yep, i'm 25, i've been telling people i do...yep, i'm 25, i've been telling people i don't want kids since i was fifteen. "wait ten years," they said. <br /><br />okay, i waited, still don't want them.<br />"well you're still young, wait ten years," they say...<br /><br />what, will they believe me by the time i'm 60 that i don't want kids, or will i be putting up with the "aww they're so adorable don't you just want a million?" line every time i pick up one of my friend's kids? i'm fine being an aunt. <br />i don't hate kids. yet either people do assume you really loathe kids, or that you can't have them, or you're defective for not wanting them. it's total crap; you can't win. if you don't fall into the whole "biological clock women want only babies" claptrap argument, then they just don't know what box to stick you in...<br />and that just won't do at all, will it?<br /><br />gag!Satanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08924927495555847410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627855023521770072.post-53980209951949769732010-05-03T20:50:53.605-05:002010-05-03T20:50:53.605-05:00Lacey,
YES I am. Not super seriously, but mostly b...Lacey,<br />YES I am. Not super seriously, but mostly because I don't have the time, and I find television to be more engaging and awesome than most video games.<br /><br />That is an interesting article. It makes me think of the cosplay post I just did. Oh jeezus, though, the comments. About three in and I wanted to smack someone. They're all, "It's racist to notice race in video games! You should be glad black people are even an option! Because I'll always have the option to choose a character who looks somewhat like me, no matter what characteristics I want, I can be a total fucking douche!" Maybe I'll do a post about this soon. Thanks!Courtneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17351518605068734277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627855023521770072.post-65694123103339413112010-05-03T20:31:05.394-05:002010-05-03T20:31:05.394-05:00I was so glad Arizona said all that about it NOT b...I was so glad Arizona said all that about it NOT being psycho trauma. I had a much better comment planned out, but I'm a little out of it, so I will just say great job!!Virginia Pickelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509830479360687369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627855023521770072.post-49659698457129106152010-05-03T20:06:09.446-05:002010-05-03T20:06:09.446-05:00at 31, i still don't want kids. my last girlfr...at 31, i still don't want kids. my last girlfriend did not get this At All. i told her the only thing that had ever made me want kids was her reaction to them, which was indeed precious. she saw rainbows and sparkles and unicorns; i saw a small being dripping body fluids.<br /><br />i like kids; i just have zero desire to raise one of my own. doesn't matter how cute the kid is, that "awwww" doesn't translate into "awwwwwWANT." somehow my gf decided this meant i hated kids. sigh.<br /><br />current gf feels the same way i do. yay for people getting it :)Finhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16518605438561382566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627855023521770072.post-9672881977913264102010-05-03T19:02:02.348-05:002010-05-03T19:02:02.348-05:00Hey! I love your take on this episode. I cringed w...Hey! I love your take on this episode. I cringed when Callie "realized" that OF COURSE Arizona wouldn't want babies since her brother died, and clapped when Arizona stood up for her decision and didn't allow Callie to pathologize her. <br /><br />On an unrelated noted, I saw this a few days ago and thought of you, since I know you game (I have that right, right?): http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/19/chimerical-avatars-a.html<br />I've thought about gaming avatars in relation to gender, but not race. The comments on this post are pretty striking, too.Laceynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627855023521770072.post-31850608004151494512010-05-02T21:37:12.663-05:002010-05-02T21:37:12.663-05:00Two things: First, I feel you on the whole "...Two things: First, I feel you on the whole "no-kids" thing. I don't know if I'll ever want children at any point in my life. I sure know I don't want them now. I'm sort of at this point where if they shouldn't happen, I'm very much okay with that. I'm at 24, so I get a lot of the "you'll change your mind" things. (I also work with pregnant women and families, so there's an automatic assumption that OF COURSE I'll have many children and blah blah blah). It is nice to see a media portrayal of a woman who is child-free and not the "bad guy".<br /><br />Second: Midwifery training has ruined any media birth for me. The birth scene in the first couple of minutes drives me nuts. If the baby isn't breathing, YOU DON'T CLAMP THE CORD because it's still pulsing and providing oxygen. Also, postural drainage and warmth, damn it. /rant I am better now.Michelle Bellhttp://gaytheists.orgnoreply@blogger.com