Ask an Abortion Provider

I know I have friends on either side of this issue. I think this is a worthwhile read for everyone. (via MetaFilter, which is on fire lately)

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Posted on 4 Mar 2011 | Comments Off

Irony, misogyny, and The Decemberists

I like The Decemberists, but some of what L.V. Anderson said in this “review”, like this quote, made me consider why I like them. The word “review” is in quotes because it does not say much about the new album. Regardless of Meloy’s artistic intentions, The Decemberists’ music creates a space where people who are normally constrained by political correctness—well-educated, politically liberal, upper-middle-class, mostly white people—can enjoy uncomplicated misogynistic fantasies. The Decemberists capitalize on people’s unspoken chauvinism, their inner animalism, and they send the message that it’s unproblematic—even empowering!—to enjoy misogyny, so long as you couch it in florid language and...

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Posted on 4 Mar 2011 | 1 comment

Getting enough sleep for HealthMonth.

Getting enough sleep for HealthMonth.

Yesterday I felt pretty positive about my television-limiting rule for HealthMonth. Today I discovered that my next rule might crush my game entirely. For months, I have been going to bed earlier than I ever have in the interest of getting enough sleep each night. My new job, which is rapidly becoming just “my job” in terms of referring to it, requires that I wake up by six-thirty every morning. I am a night-owl, so this has been a struggle for me, but I have been successful. Until about two in the afternoon, when I get home and need to be wide-awake and starting in on my homework. Either I crash out for an hour or so, or I end up blearily stumbling through pages of reading, taking vague notes, and then re-reading frantically as the assignment...

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Posted on 4 Mar 2011 | Comments Off