A promise to care for a pet is often a parable for responsibility—but when it comes to pregnancy, parenting, and politics, that lesson gets ignored. From Utah’s baby obsession to vaccine rollbacks in Florida, we’re living in a culture that’s pro-birth, not pro-child.
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What About the Children? (And Other Dangerous Questions)
It's an overused phrase: "it's all about the children," or "what about the children?" The question I have in all of this is—if you really cared about children, why don’t you do things to promote child welfare instead of hindering it? Before I delve into all this lovely bit of commentary, let me say a …
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On Friend, Tea, and Being a Decent Human
So I really do promise that the change blogs are out there somewhere—I’d say in a holding pattern over Detroit—but I will get back to them eventually. I think I’ve reached a real writer’s block on that front, and honestly, I’m kind of tired of change. It’s inevitable, always is, but it’s not a subject …
The Real Epidemic: Bullshit in a Lab Coat
Fuck you, Andrew Wakefield. And Jenny McCarthy too, while we're at it. I’ve blogged about this before, but every so often, this particular rage bubble boils back to the surface like a poorly treated infection. And I get it—truly, I do. Finding out your child is autistic is life-altering. It brings …