Barry’s BlueSky- Untitled April 24, 2024And there's a written version! https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/24/zionism-seder-protest-new-york-gaza-israel [contains quote post or other embedded content]
- Untitled April 24, 2024Naomi Klein on how Zionism has become a false idol. https://youtu.be/U75KcMUjMyI?si=uZuV_UNZkWXNFYG3&t=198
- Untitled April 24, 2024The Leader of All Manhood has issued his ruling: It's gay for men to love sex with women. Guys: If you hate sex with women, you can do it and be straight. But if you love sex with women, that's gay. If you want to be straight, fuck men instead. Sorry, but that's the rule.
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Category Archives: Families structures, divorce, etc
US Passport Applications To Switch To Gender-Neutral Language
From the US State Department’s website: The Department of State is pleased to announce the introduction of a redesigned Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA). The CRBA is an official record confirming that a child born overseas to a U.S. … Continue reading
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In Defense of Stephanie Coontz
[Crossposted from Family Scholars Blog.] In an earlier post on Family Scholars, David Lapp accuses Stephanie Coontz of determinism in this radio interview. David writes: Coontz treats it as an incontrovertible reality that high numbers of young women will continue … Continue reading
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Papa Do Preach
As you know, I’ve written many times about purity balls, and how decidedly creepy they are. There’s just something horribly wrong about asking your daughter to pledge her virginity to you until she marries someone. It’s creepy, and incestuous, and … Continue reading
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18 Months In Swedish Daddyland
[Crossposted on Family Scholars Blog, Alas, and TADA.] In Slate, an American father living in Sweden discusses family leave time for fathers. If you had asked me in, say, 2001, if I would ever take a long paternity leave, I … Continue reading
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Grover and Jessie Discuss Marriage
[This is another of my guest posts at “Family Scholars Blog.” It is also crossposted on “Alas” and on “TADA.”] I’m not sure if this scholarly consideration of marriage has been discussed on Family Scholars Blog already. When it comes … Continue reading
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What Makes A Family
[This is another of my guest posts at “Family Scholars Blog.” It is also crossposted on “Alas” and on “TADA.”] In her most recent post, Amy wondered what study (or studies?) a radio report referred to. There’s been one study … Continue reading
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Long Lost Non-Sisters Meet, Discover Astonishing Similarities
Everyone once in a while I read a news report about long-lost siblings (sometimes twins) who meet for the first time as adults and discover astonishing similarities — they both love languages, they both like wearing denim skirts, and so … Continue reading
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Kids Today! So Spoiled
Just relocating some comments from another thread…. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discreet and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint. –Hesiod, ~ 800 BC In the good … Continue reading
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How Refusing Marriage Equality Leads To Diluting Marriage
From the LA Times: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton won praise in June after pushing to extend many federal benefits traditionally provided to diplomats’ spouses to gay and lesbian partners. Since then, unmarried heterosexual couples have been lining up … Continue reading
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