American Family » Fighting the Patriarchy http://american-family.org Tue, 22 May 2012 03:07:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Snipperoo. http://american-family.org/2009/01/12/snipperoo/ http://american-family.org/2009/01/12/snipperoo/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:57:52 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=1907 So on Friday, Mr. A got the old snipperoo.

The week leading up to his surgery was a solid week of jokes about his genitals.  I think at one point I may even have made up a little song.  Do you know how hard it is to find rhymes for scrotum and testicles?

We were [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2009/01/12/snipperoo/feed/ 14 Yes We Can http://american-family.org/2008/02/04/yes-we-can/ http://american-family.org/2008/02/04/yes-we-can/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:15:33 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/2008/02/04/yes-we-can/ We don’t get to vote on super Tuesday.  It makes me sad, because tomorrow will be a historic day for this country.  Tomorrow, a white woman or a Black man will be chosen to run for the most powerful job in the Nation.  

I am voting for the world I wish we lived in.  I [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2008/02/04/yes-we-can/feed/ 20 Fighting the Patriarchy http://american-family.org/2006/06/27/fighting-the-patriarchy/ http://american-family.org/2006/06/27/fighting-the-patriarchy/#comments Tue, 27 Jun 2006 10:22:59 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=546 The other day, I dropped M and two of her classmates off at preschool.  To manage the hurculean task of driving three whole kids around, I used the classmates’ mom’s mini-van (dropping them off was a favor for her because she had an early meeting). 

As soon as I sat down in the Mini-van, [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2006/06/27/fighting-the-patriarchy/feed/ 30 Boob follow up questions. http://american-family.org/2006/04/11/boob-follow-up-questions/ http://american-family.org/2006/04/11/boob-follow-up-questions/#comments Tue, 11 Apr 2006 23:36:59 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=502 I taking a minute to tear myself away from a facinating episode of 8th and Ocean to answer some of the comments about the adoptive breastfeeding thing.  Unless otherwise noted, these are just my own thoughts, not necessarily based on citable research.  I don’t claim to be an expert, but damn I sure am opinionated.

[...]]]> http://american-family.org/2006/04/11/boob-follow-up-questions/feed/ 8 More on the boobs… http://american-family.org/2006/04/10/more-on-the-boobs/ http://american-family.org/2006/04/10/more-on-the-boobs/#comments Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:19:03 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=501 Yesterday I ran across this article on SF Gate. 

Moms pay big for other mothers’ milk But doctors warn non-nursing women of health risk to babies

Christine Bartels has spent more than $25,000 to feed breast milk to her baby.

What’s free for most moms has come at a high cost for [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2006/04/10/more-on-the-boobs/feed/ 17