I know that Downey and Evans can't top (so to speak) Downey and Law, but I'm certainly looking forward to RDJ and Chris giving it their old college tries. I'm so there for *them* and Coulson (I have little opinion on the actor, but the character and what he does for him--rock city) that it's nuts.

I just read a commenter on another site comment on a child referred to in an article as "it". Another commenter corrected them, and they said, paraphrased "No, not necessarily, although genetically, because 'she' has gender renderings". Now, it's Jezebel, so it's nothing I'm going to get into, but...seriously? We can't call apparent baby XXs girls now, in case we attribute them a gender? Whereas it's totally okay to use "it" instead, especially when talking of the disempowered and disenfranchised? How is that a win? What am I missing?

Um...unless the child has self-identified as male-in-female body, that takin' it a wee bit too far, IMHO.

Why did I wake up at 4 am? I don't get it.

Oh, well. I've already organized my crazy mess of an inbox.

That sounds...like one person's issue.

It's not morbid or weird to me. You knew him, you loved him. And you honored that.

When I had my miscarriage in 2003, it happened at home and I ended up holding what would have grown into my baby. I did some thIngs to honor him and his death. I still can't really write about it but I understand exactly where you are coming from. Not weird and not morbid.

Eta: and in sort of related news, I'm worried I am leaking a small amount of amniotic fluid. baby is almost 33 weeks so I'm not super worried but I really want him to stay in there for a few more weeks.

I get this. But not usually. Only when he's pretending to be Daniel Craig.

I think it's the arms. I am so looking forward to Hawkeye, I can't even tell you.

NRGH. Yes. Though he and Simon Pegg are almost wearing down my resistance to Tom Cruise and Yet Another Mission Impossible movie. (Look, I own A-Team and The Losers, clearly I like the idea of "one BAMF team against their own government doing ridiculous shit", but we do not need another song about California M:I movie/Tom Cruise creepiness vehicle.)

In my admittedly limited experience, transgender children don't want to be called "it" either. My teenage trans cousin doesn't seem particularly bothered by male pronouns - I figure if he ever decides he wants to be addressed as a woman, he'll say so. But growing up with an assigned gender certainly hasn't held him back in that sense.

Isn't "ze" a common (well, maybe not common, but the accepted) gender-neutral pronoun prefered by some cisgendered persons?

Wouldn't it be better to use that or just...ask? "Do you prefer he or she? Would you rather be called Bob or Barbara?"

Or in an article, just use "The child/children" instead of s/he? It's not that hard.

I'm worried I am leaking a small amount of amniotic fluid. baby is almost 33 weeks so I'm not super worried but I really want him to stay in there for a few more weeks.

I'd call the doctor today, just to be safe, Stephanie.

Thanks, Amy. I just got of the phone with her and she said "well, just watch it and call if there ate changes" so I guess I'll do that. Sort of a distraction, though.