Tag Archives: shaming

Monogamy

Posted on Tuesday, 15 December, 2009 by Ouyang Dan

We live our lives under so many social constructs. Gender is a great one. From the moment the doctor slaps a baby on the ass and announces “It’s a ___” a child’s life seems to be molded by whatever object … Continue reading →

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Some blogwhoring…

Posted on Tuesday, 17 November, 2009 by Ouyang Dan

see more Lol Celebs I haven’t done one of these in a while … there has been a lot going on.  Apologies if I have missed something awesome that you did, and please share it in comments. Cara at the … Continue reading →

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This Moment's WTF?

Posted on Tuesday, 13 October, 2009 by Ouyang Dan

When The Kid was born she was 7 lbs and 14 ounces.  Not huge by baby standards, really.  She was 21 inches long, and had a perfectly round head*.  I nursed exclusively until I had my wisdom teeth out after … Continue reading →

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Where I jump in and defend pills…

Posted on Thursday, 24 September, 2009 by Ouyang Dan

When discussions arise of disability, especially, it seems, of invisible disabilities, someone will almost always jump in and start harping about Big Pharma and how they have certainly invented our illness or disorder just to sell us or get us … Continue reading →

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Don't look back in anger…

Posted on Monday, 1 June, 2009 by Ouyang Dan

Via The Red Queen I find this post from Antigone at Punkass Blog in my blog reader. I wasn’t able to get to the Washington Post piece (it’s behind a subscription wall) but I remember this at Feministe not long … Continue reading →

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Divided we Fall

Posted on Sunday, 17 May, 2009 by Ouyang Dan

Cliche?  Yup.  You betcha. Almost as cliche as the war between moms and non-moms. I didn’t come into the feminist sphere until well into my motherhood days.  Sure, the ideals were all there but there was this huge disconnect in … Continue reading →

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So…about that Jezebel thing…

Posted on Wednesday, 13 May, 2009 by Ouyang Dan

Not that my opinion matters, me, sitting here on a low trafficked feminist minded blog, w/ my fake disease that I just need to buck up and get over (this will be explained in a mo’). But, a while back … Continue reading →

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I was gonna…

Posted on Sunday, 19 April, 2009 by Ouyang Dan

post on this story about United forcing fatties to buy extra seats, but I am pretty sure that Kate Harding did it much better than I could have:   If you’re so terrorized by the thought of having your thigh … Continue reading →

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Hey, Billy Ray…

Posted on Friday, 27 March, 2009 by Ouyang Dan

On that show you do, you know, the cute Father Daughter gig you have going on?  It might be nice if you tried to set an example a little better than telling Camryn Manheim’s character to shave her mustache as … Continue reading →

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From the Moderation Queue…

Posted on Tuesday, 24 March, 2009 by Ouyang Dan

comes this little gem on this post: Juanita *is* fat. She’s so fat, she’s at risk for diabetes and heart problems. Every time I see her in an episode I want to cry, because a child this fat will have … Continue reading →

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