In Honour of the New Look!

So yeah, I dig the ability to customize things. I might mess with the layout a bit as well, but it's perdy, so there.

Ok, so fitting with the new look of the blog, I think now is a good time to talk about the new Sara Rue Jenny Craig commercial. I tried to find a YouTube vid of it, but had no luck. Basically, the commercial starts out talking about how it's not normal to not have pants that fit properly, or to refuse to leave the house because she "doesn't feel comfortable in her own skin". She's close to tears, and it's really kind of upsetting. Then the camera cuts away and there's skinny new Sara Rue! She's skinny now, and wearing skinny jeans! It's all because of Jenny Craig and she wants to thank them for putting a smile back on her face, and also she thinks it would be a good idea if you gave Jenny Craig some money.

A Thought On Political Correctness.

So thanks to my readings lately, I've been trying to cut the word "lame" out of my vocabulary. On account of the fact that it is some shitty ableist garbage.

Nooooooooooooooo Babieeeeeeeeees

Boyfriend and I say this to each other at least once a day. Neither of us want kids right now, and neither of us can imagine ever wanting kids. Maybe I can blame my lack of maternal instinct on my genes , but however I choose to do it, I understand that I will be forever justifying this life choice to strangers, friends and family alike.

So About That Rape Culture...

I, like the majority of North Americans with televisions, watched the Academy Awards on Sunday night. There had been some hints in the red carpet coverage that Neil Patrick Harris might be doing something during the opening, and I was excited to see him. The NPH came out in a sparkly, pin striped tux jacket, with dancing girls, on a Follies-like stage, and began to sing. Within about ten seconds, however, the smile was wiped from my face.

It's Getting Less and Less Possible to NOT Have Babies...

I just wanted to say this after reading about Utah being fucking insane now, and about the whole "live tweeting my abortion" thing.

I am pro-choice. I am not "anti-life". I think life is baller, and to call me and those who believe as I do "anti-life" is disingenuous. It is accurate, however, to call pro-choicers "anti-choice". Because they are opposed to women having the choice to terminate when necessary. I think that's pretty cut and dry.

Won't Somebody PLEASE Think About The MEN?!

OK, I know I JUST posted, but then I was reading me some online news and found this "poor menz" article by Robert Smol on the CBC's website. Smol discusses men in abusive relationships, how they have less access to post-abuse/post-violence services than women, and how the general problem of abused men isn't given enough weight.

I'm not here to say that men who are in abusive households shouldn't have access to protection and counselling services that are available to abused women. Obviously, these services should be available to everyone. My frustration stems from a particular quote: "much still needs to be done and the biggest challenge, in my view, is what to do about men. Not men as perpetrators — there we seem to have a handle on things". We seem to have a fucking what on WHAT? We have a HANDLE on men as perpetrators of violence in the home? In what way is that?

Thin Privilege And Why Body Snarking Sucks

So I have already posted about why body snarking fat people isn't cool. I mentioned in that same post that I intended to blog about thin privilege specifically. The reason for that is that I hear SO MANY comments about my body on a daily basis that I cannot even handle it, guys. I know that it's completely different from the comments that fat people get, which is why I decided to make two different posts about it. They are related, but different issues.