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Jan. 22nd, 2009 09:45 amBut this commercial is damned hilarious otherwise.
Jan. 22nd, 2009
Blog For Choice Day!
Jan. 22nd, 2009 10:02 amWhile I was staying with Cousin Cin, somehow, we had more conversations than last year. Of course, this wouldn't be much of a surprise, seeing that we were more familiar with each other, and I was staying for longer this time.
I had to rush to replace my NuvaRing because I forgot to take it out, AND I forgot that I was due for my period. (Idiotically enough, I had set my Singaore trip for the week I was supposed to have my period.) While on my way to replace it in the bathroom, I talked to Cousin Cin about it, and she was adamant that "she wouldn't do it, because her religion doesn't allow it."
What was nice about the conversation was her willingness to listen to me talk about it, and not tell me not to take it. It was nice. She gave me a Look, of course, but she didn't feel the need to take me to task, nor judge me, nor press me for reasons to take BC (besides which, my reasons are pretty darn mundane. I got no wild sex life, yo.)
A lot of people are anti-contraceptives because they think it gives people the freedom to have sex whenever they want. Then you have clowns masquerading as educators telling people that "having pre-marital sex is like juggling machetes".
And, well, if people want to have pre-marital sex, and they're having safe, sane, consensual sex, what is wrong with that?
( Reasons to be Pro Choice under the Cut )
Anyways, this is a lame post, but it IS Blog For Choice day, so I wanted to make sure I said something. At the official Blog for Choice site, the topic for today is apparently:
What is your top pro-choice hope for President Obama and/or the new Congress?
And I gotta say,
RESCIND THE GLOBAL GAG RULE.
Some posts on this already, better written than anything I can talk from a Feministing Community member, Planned Parenthood, Feministe, and RH Reality Check.
I had to rush to replace my NuvaRing because I forgot to take it out, AND I forgot that I was due for my period. (Idiotically enough, I had set my Singaore trip for the week I was supposed to have my period.) While on my way to replace it in the bathroom, I talked to Cousin Cin about it, and she was adamant that "she wouldn't do it, because her religion doesn't allow it."
What was nice about the conversation was her willingness to listen to me talk about it, and not tell me not to take it. It was nice. She gave me a Look, of course, but she didn't feel the need to take me to task, nor judge me, nor press me for reasons to take BC (besides which, my reasons are pretty darn mundane. I got no wild sex life, yo.)
A lot of people are anti-contraceptives because they think it gives people the freedom to have sex whenever they want. Then you have clowns masquerading as educators telling people that "having pre-marital sex is like juggling machetes".
And, well, if people want to have pre-marital sex, and they're having safe, sane, consensual sex, what is wrong with that?
( Reasons to be Pro Choice under the Cut )
Anyways, this is a lame post, but it IS Blog For Choice day, so I wanted to make sure I said something. At the official Blog for Choice site, the topic for today is apparently:
What is your top pro-choice hope for President Obama and/or the new Congress?
And I gotta say,
RESCIND THE GLOBAL GAG RULE.
Some posts on this already, better written than anything I can talk from a Feministing Community member, Planned Parenthood, Feministe, and RH Reality Check.