...and it's only a day late.
Here's a fabulously well-written article on childbirth in the US:
The Most Scientific Birth Is Often the Least Technological Birth
In the most breathtaking analogy of the
month year, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus
claims that saying the GOP is waging a war on women is like saying they're waging a war on caterpillars. Because everyone knows that Republican dudes are so obsessed over the physical autonomy and reproductive practices of caterpillars that they're losing sleep over it. Oh wait, no. That's the physical autonomy and reproductive practices of women that they're so obsessed with. I remember now.
Stanley Fish has a great discussion of the role of faith and trust in religion and science over in the NYT blogs. Section one:
Citing Chapter and Verse: Which Scripture Is the Right One? and two:
Evidence in Science and Religion, Part Two.
And finally, a webcomic of the week:
But I don't think that's what Priebus was really saying - I don't think he meant it as the analogy that it was interpreted as by the other news sites and blogs.
ReplyDeleteWell, OK, but then what exactly was he saying? If he didn't mean it as an analogy then it's unclear what he was saying, or that he was actually saying anything at all.
DeleteIt's great to see an article on the science behind birth practices in a more mainstream source, but I suspect that those who are firmly embedded in the technocratic birthing system will never read it, and would dismiss it if they did. It's pretty sad.
ReplyDeleteZzzzzz boring ass post. Not a fan of pick up artist. Yet your paragraphs response means they get under your skin
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure which paragraph you're refering to.
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