so i sat down at my computer yesterday morning and went straight to alternet, as i am generally prone to do while drinking my morning coffee, and was greeted with this riff on an alarming article from the washington post that basically outlines how the government thinks all women under age 45 are mostly good for being incubators. apparently, if you are of child-bearing age, you should consider yourself "pre-pregnant" and stay away from excessive amounts of alcohol and cigarettes, even if you never want or plan to have children.
"nice," i thought to myself.
then yesterday afternoon, i stumbled upon this story about the missouri couple who, along with their three children, were forbidden from living in the same house together because the mother and father weren't married.
"crazy," i thought to myself.
then this morning, three friends IMed me the same link to another alternet article about the right-wing attempt to not only ban abortion, but contraception, too. in their twisted logic, the birth control pill equals abortion, and men who wear condoms while having sex with women are baby killers.
"great," i thought to myself.
then, this afternoon, bored and kind of hungry and trying to waste time before the end of the day, i skittered over to the new york times homepage, and i found this very depressing story about a u.s. senate panel's initial approval of a federal ban on gay marriage.
"okay," i thought to myself. "this is bordering on overkill."
what are they going to do next? pass a law forbidding women from wearing pants?
aren't there more important things to do?? like figure out an end to the war, maybe feed some poor people, maybe raise the minimum wage, maybe try to improve sex ed so that we don't have one of the highest teen pregnancy and std rates in the industrialized world?
jeez.
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