OMG I have to stop reading breastfeeding threads on Feministe. The stupid, it burns.
You've got my support. Just think of me as...as your... You know, I'm searching for 'supportive things' and I'm coming up all bras.
Xander ,'Empty Places'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Nov 30, 2011 9:10:56 am PST #9266 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
DavidS - Nov 30, 2011 9:12:49 am PST #9267 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm not making my proposal deadline and feel like a failure, that I've lost my writing mojo, and am in general a complete loser.
My Tom Waits book was six months late. Writing is hard. As far as your mojo, it always feels like I have to reinvent myself as a writer every time I sit down for a new project. Writing accesses a particular part of your brain, a web of associations and processes. It's tricky to get into that exact space if you haven't been there lately. Once you do get into a groove, though, that writing brain space will feel completely normal.
tommyrot - Nov 30, 2011 9:13:30 am PST #9268 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
What sort of stupid, Jessica
tommyrot - Nov 30, 2011 9:19:48 am PST #9269 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Today's lunch: baked asparagus omelette, pancakes and hot chocolate with whipped cream.
Jessica - Nov 30, 2011 9:25:44 am PST #9270 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
What sort of stupid, Jessica
ALL sorts. But mainly "extended breastfeeding is child abuse and promoting breastfeeding is antifeminist anyway because it reduces women to animals / food sources."
Allyson - Nov 30, 2011 9:33:41 am PST #9271 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Thanks for all of that. I can't shake the beating-myself-up. I know that's what it is, but I can't run away from my own fists, I think. I have several onerous tasks to complete to take my mind off of it.
I keep yelling back at the smug little voice that keeps whispering that it's a stupid book, a stupid idea, and that I'm a low-rent Sarah Vowell wannabe with neither the talent nor the drive to do much more than flounder. So there's that.
Cass - Nov 30, 2011 9:34:10 am PST #9272 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
the closest I come to sous vide is making chopped liver in a crockpot.
How? Mmmmm.
§ ita § - Nov 30, 2011 9:42:35 am PST #9273 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
This is a horrible word. There shouldn't be a word for that. It just endorses it.
Allyson - Nov 30, 2011 9:44:50 am PST #9274 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Allyson, whatever happens with that deadline, you are a writer, and a damn good one!
Sometimes I want to send you an essay just so you can grade me with an A and I can feel like a good student.
P.M. Marc - Nov 30, 2011 9:45:49 am PST #9275 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
ALL sorts. But mainly "extended breastfeeding is child abuse and promoting breastfeeding is antifeminist anyway because it reduces women to animals / food sources."
o.0 BURNS BURNS BURNS.
I mean, the correct answer is "is awesome if you can do it and want to, and if you can't or don't, don't beat yourself up, because the real antifeminist thing here is being a smug jerkhead about a woman's feeding choices, unless those choices are feeding the kid whiskey and pork rinds, in which case, have fun."
But, you know. That's just me.