Comments on: And they moved to Stars Hollow and lived happily ever after

By: Ash

Ash — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:12:55 +0000

^
Sorry.

“It takes two eggs to make a baby” should be in the blockquote.

By: Ash

Ash — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:11:05 +0000

I can think of a couple of possible seeds that may have spawned (pardon the pun) some of Keri’s beliefs.

Males do not possess enough dna in their body to cause a human child as evidenced that no amount of sperm cells has enough dna to make a human being, if even a clone.

It takes two eggs to make a baby

These comments both sound like they could be derived/contrived from these concepts:

1. Eggs have much more mitochondrial DNA than sperm
2. Parthenogenesis appears to be possible in female gametes, but not male gametes
?
I do actually think 2. Is kind of a fun concept to torture MRAs with.

By: DitDatDot

DitDatDot — Thu, 27 May 2010 21:56:35 +0000

The Onion’s parody of bills like these won’t be a parody at all pretty soon.

http://www.theonion.com/video/new-law-requires-women-to-name-baby-paint-nursery,14393/

By: Saurs

Saurs — Tue, 25 May 2010 22:44:21 +0000

I think it’s kind of cute, how Jeff called the zona pellucida an ovum’s “coat.” He was trying to “speak in our language,” right? Too bad an egg doesn’t have something akin to shoes, because that would have totally made sense to the ladies. Now, of course, I can’t help but visualize a jaunty little egg at the opera, or summat, as eggs do, donning a pretty, pastel dolman mantelet or a quilted spencer with puffy sleeves, perfect for the fair. I know we said not to anthropomorphize the eggs, but I just can’t help it!

I’ll get me zona pellucida.

By: Jezebella

Jezebella — Sun, 23 May 2010 23:53:28 +0000

They’re well beyond undue burden, but it costs big dollars to fight the constant stream of state laws designed to impose said burden. Many state legislatures see at least half a dozen a year, and pass at least one of those every couple of years. They’re called TRAP laws (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) and the fetus-worshipers spend a lot of time dreaming up new ones every year, and testing them in red states with a history of being anti-choice. The ones that succeed get sent off to other state lege’s directly.

By: Weekend Link Love « The Feminist Texican

Weekend Link Love « The Feminist Texican — Sun, 23 May 2010 22:56:44 +0000

[...] Blame the Patriarchy: And they moved to Stars Hollow and lived happily ever after Instead of being forced to endure this patronizing abortion-is-bad-for-you crap via telephone, [...]

By: Hector B.

Hector B. — Sun, 23 May 2010 22:38:52 +0000

At some point all these obstacles have to constitute an unconstitutional “undue burden,” per Planned Parenthood v. Casey. I wonder if Missouri reached that point yet.

Not that litigating such things all the way to the Supreme Court would be cheap or easy.

By: mearl

mearl — Sun, 23 May 2010 17:20:20 +0000

@ fannie: “I too used to assume gay men would automatically get women’s issues, until life happened and corrected that assumption. In general, gay men have a tendency to believe they are the default gay human being, don’t care about reproductive rights, and to hate women.”

Yes, what to do? Join forces under oppression and work towards education and equality, or get really fucking steaming mad whenever I listen to a gay male friend make yet another flippant commentary on how REPULSIVE vaginas and women’s bodies are?

There are two sides to every coin.

By: speedbudget

speedbudget — Sun, 23 May 2010 12:44:14 +0000

I am just a lady. I can’t use context to get a clue.

By: Ron Sullivan

Ron Sullivan — Sat, 22 May 2010 19:33:18 +0000

“Make mine sunnyside!”

Is it because I didn’t sleep last night that I’m drifting into a reverie about Jessica Mitford (re: “Casket and Sunnyside” and I wonder if that journal is still publishing; hmm, do they use freelancers there?) and that guy with the restaurant that serves flavored bubbles (Bulle, was it?) and s’posing he’s ever looked into the possibilities of rooster-sperm omelettes?