tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142743576584523533.post5331436050309542943..comments2023-09-28T19:10:43.760-06:00Comments on The Feminist Agenda: Friday MiscellaneaRachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08203151255248154129noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142743576584523533.post-75701609917740967362012-05-23T14:10:15.027-06:002012-05-23T14:10:15.027-06:00Imagine how shocked I was when I googled "rat...Imagine how shocked I was when I googled "rat drinking soda" and that was the first image hit! I didn't think there would actually be a picture like that - maybe a cartoon or something.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08203151255248154129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142743576584523533.post-3965122837583022732012-05-23T14:09:10.340-06:002012-05-23T14:09:10.340-06:00I don't approve of rats drinking soda, but tha...I don't approve of rats drinking soda, but that picture is adorable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142743576584523533.post-56619718511143381402012-05-23T01:16:53.986-06:002012-05-23T01:16:53.986-06:00I'm reading We Need to Talk About Kevin, since...I'm reading <i>We Need to Talk About Kevin</i>, since I want to read it before seeing the movie. I've heard great things about the movie, but the book is making me sad. :-(Serendipitynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142743576584523533.post-61691730385598780712012-05-23T01:14:40.650-06:002012-05-23T01:14:40.650-06:00Yeah, it sort of reminded me of the whole culture ...Yeah, it sort of reminded me of the whole culture of shame surrounding obesity:<br />First we assemble a food system that encourages unhealthy eating, especially for those in tougher financial circumstances. We highly subsidize the stuff that's really not that great for you while refusing to subsidize a wide range of healthy crops. <br />Then we fail to regulate many industrial and cosmetic substances - such that most people in developed nations are exposed to large amounts of <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35315651/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/t/fat-epidemic-linked-chemicals-run-amok/#.T7yNEFJORUE" rel="nofollow">obesogens</a>. <br />Finally, we ignore all the evidence that there is a large genetic component to body weight. <br /><br />Then we turn around and preach at people about their weight, and shame them incessantly... <br /><br />...it all makes very little sense to me.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08203151255248154129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142743576584523533.post-5608110322693494682012-05-22T22:03:22.695-06:002012-05-22T22:03:22.695-06:00I would argue that you most likely cannot get a st...I would argue that you most likely cannot get a strict one-to-one causal relationship between low-income trajectory and teen motherhood from the study. That sounds like a media-style spin. It probably does point to a cluster of social issues surrounding girls in certain socioeconomic groups that all contribute to the likelihood of teenage pregnancy and parenthood. It still merit serious conversation, as you say, and points to the ineffectiveness of preaching at and shaming teens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142743576584523533.post-70937204074633507422012-05-20T21:46:20.712-06:002012-05-20T21:46:20.712-06:00Now that it's finally summer I've started ...Now that it's finally summer I've started reading Feminist Mothering, which I've been wanting to read forever.Rileynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142743576584523533.post-25209047148661922182012-05-20T21:32:27.415-06:002012-05-20T21:32:27.415-06:00Love the video!Love the video!Hopenoreply@blogger.com